[1063] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
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.