linux-kernel - Re: super root shell/mode/api

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Message-Id: <E1M6Bki-0001ld-CQ@be1.7eggert.dyndns.org>
Date:	Tue, 19 May 2009 00:56:12 +0200
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Andrea <andrea256it@...oo.it>, andi@...stfloor.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: super root shell/mode/api

Andrea <andrea256it@...oo.it> wrote:

> In order to be able to dump/terminate viruses, attacks and OOM processes an
> admin should have the possibility to *quickly* SIGSTP *all* processes except
> vga consoles and to switch from X11 to vga, maybe with SysRq.
> 
> Is this possible?

If there is a malware with root privileges, this would be of no use. You are
0wned.

If there is a malware with user privileges, stopping these processes will
be enough.

So why bother?

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