Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs

To: der Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>
Subject: Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:46:34 -0500

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 11:50:41AM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
> > And now anyone who can jack around with the userspace daemon process
> > can cause you to mount a filesystem you didn't intend to mount.
> 
> Anyone who can meddle with a root-run process can do a lot worse than
> that (to start with, mounting that filesystem directly).

Not if the system is running in secure mode.

Thor

References:
- (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
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- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: Quentin Garnier
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: Johnny Billquist
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: Masao Uebayashi
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: Ted Lemon
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: David Young
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: Iain Hibbert
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: Joerg Sonnenberger
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: Thor Lancelot Simon
- Re: (Semi-random) thoughts on device tree structure and devfs
  - From: der Mouse

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