linux-kernel - Re: Registration Weakness in Linux Kernel's Binary formats

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Message-Id: <1159972478.28605.183.camel@frg-rhel40-opt-02.anacadf.mentorg.com>
Date:	Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:34:38 +0200
From:	Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>,
	Julio Auto <mindvortex@...il.com>, goodfellas@...llcode.com.ar,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	endrazine <endrazine@...il.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: Registration Weakness in Linux Kernel's Binary formats

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 15:55 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Maw, 2006-10-03 am 23:25 -0500, ysgrifennodd Chase Venters:
> > 	I think it's a little bit silly for a "security researcher" to simultaneously 
> > publish stuff in the news and in a developer community, especially if the 
> > threat is totally phony to begin with.
> 
> Given the way it was carefully fed to slashdot I suspect it may in fact
> be someone with brains who wanted to make slashdot look stupid and spoof
> them. If so they certainly scored 10/10 on that.

Brains are required to make slashdot look stupid ?



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