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- From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche)
- Subject: Re: modload
- Message-ID: <DpouGu.71K@metapro.DIALix.oz.au>
- Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia
- References: <4kd8b4$tc6@serra.unipi.it> <4kfuqg$ap1@raf2.iiic.ethz.ch>
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 08:05:18 GMT
-
- In <4kfuqg$ap1@raf2.iiic.ethz.ch>
- cschneid@iiic.ethz.ch (Christian Andreas Schneider) writes:
-
- >In article <4kd8b4$tc6@serra.unipi.it>, <marco@amisan.iss.infn.it> wrote:
- >>>BUT: When the module is to be loaded I get a
- >>>'can't allocate memory: operation not permitted'
-
- >NetBSD 1.1 only allows loading of modules in single user mode.
- >(Hmm.. not sure I like this, restricting it to root is enough IMHO).
-
- Modules should load in secure mode only because the machine cannot
- be guarranteed to be "secure" enough otherwise. And once you've managed
- to load a module which subverts normal checks, then all you need is
- normal user access to exploit installed weakness.
-
- Remember that sendmail runs as root.
-
- Run away! Run away!
- --
- Bernd Felsche {speaking for himself}
- MetaPro Systems Pty Ltd, 130 Fauntleroy Avenue,
- Redcliffe, Western Australia 6104
- Phone: +61 9 479 3722 Fax: +61 9 479 3720
-