On Mon, 12 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Scott Michel wrote:
>
> > If you haven't /.'d today, there's a news article purporting that
> > FreeBSD can be exploited via kernel modules:
> >
> >
> > http://thc.pimmel.com/
> >
> I actually found the article a very good source of documentation on
> programming loadable modules for FreeBSD. Granted, I'm not sure of it's
> accuracy, but it was a worthwhile read for someone like myself who has
> only coded LKMs for Linux. Very interesting.
I just read through it and it is a nice tutorial on how the module system
works. I can't see it as an exploit though - you have to be root first to
load any code.
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