From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753793AbZEWNvU (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 May 2009 09:51:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752437AbZEWNvM (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 May 2009 09:51:12 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.218.174]:36325 "EHLO mail-bw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752343AbZEWNvL (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 May 2009 09:51:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=TBsEpclPcn+K0r0kUKUdQ6y/TpS4UZa6U1ud0ccihFf6rWMhLufJsRN3qMzhtkIJf2 IM+Wp7skQHGRvvf64eRUG9lIk5Zu38h+bcfukvwujp9MHqfHU3VhGPb7X8cPSNWkPkMC qWzviHv+0yVQAY9M1PE/MQTXV3RMIvFUx2FEM= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <607293.42795.qm@web23608.mail.ird.yahoo.com> References: <607293.42795.qm@web23608.mail.ird.yahoo.com> From: Joao Correia Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 14:50:51 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: super root shell/mode/api To: Andrea Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Andrea wrote: > That's exactly the problem a remote attacker or virus > can gain root and you are completely powerless. You want > to save data? The attacker just logs you out before you > can run any command. You can't even backup or save > data! You are owned. Yes. This isn't Hollywood. Pull the cable. Best regards, Joao Correia