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Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries
From: barnett () alydar crd ge com (Bruce Barnett)
Date: Tue, 17 May 94 11:30:38 EDT
What exactly are the problems with having /dev/mem and /dev/kmem readable by other?
Years ago I had a old program that worked on a Vax. It read the device drivers and internal structures and allows you to see what any user typed. You specified the name of the terminal, and voila - instant spy. You could also learn passwords, etc. using similar techniques.
Current thread:
- /dev/{km,m}em worries rickt () gnu ai mit edu (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries Rob Quinn (May 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries H Morrow Long (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries Bruce Barnett (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries der Mouse (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries Jim Thompson (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries (now crash ) Chris Phillips (May 18)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries Pete Hartman (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries Bill Bogstad (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries Jim Thompson (May 17)
- Re: /dev/{km,m}em worries der Mouse (May 17)