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Re: System log practicalities (was Re: [linux-security] qmail,wu.ftpd,deslogind, in.telnetsnoopd ?)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl)
Sat Aug 24 19:21:37 1996

Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 17:10:55 +0200
From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
To: JLarmour@origin-at.co.uk, brian@saturn.net, fparato@gti.net,
        linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, louis@sacc.org.za,
        proberts@clark.net


    [REW: Just some source browsing found:
        /*
         * The IMMUTABLE and APPEND_ONLY flags can only be changed by
         * the super user when the security level is zero.
         */
    so it should in principle be secure.]

Optimist.
Root can do anything she wants, also change kernel memory.


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