On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 05:52:09PM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > Have you seen this method of getting root from X? > http://www.cansecwest.com/slides06/csw06-duflot.ppt > It is referenced from Theo de Raadt interview on kerneltrap > http://kerneltrap.org/node/6550 That's a great indication of why securelevels aren't. It pretty much fits the Linux model of "once you're root, you can do anything". The POSIX Capabilities really don't help either. I suppose SELinux might be able to help, but I don't care to get into that discussion here ;-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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