Subject: Re: verified executable kernel modification committed
To: Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: tech-security
Date: 10/31/2002 23:33:12
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 12:36:34PM +0100, Matthias Drochner wrote:
> 
> Excuse me is I'm missing something, but shouldn't
> the permission bits and owner be part of the fingerprint
> (or saved in the per-inode structure at VERIEXECLOAD time)?
> 

Yes and yes.  Will fix that.

> Setting the suid bit can turn a harmless program into
> a backdoor...
> 

Totally agree.

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Brett Lymn