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[linux-security] Re: Re: Getting root on Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vitaly V Fedrushkov)
Fri Aug 29 06:21:50 1997
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 14:02:24 +0600 (GMT+0500)
From: Vitaly V Fedrushkov <willy@snowyowl.csu.ac.ru>
To: linux-security@redhat.com
cc: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>,
Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@wi.leidenuniv.nl>,
Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>, Bruce Perens <bruce@debian.org>,
Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>, John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>,
security@debian.org, bugtraq@netspace.org
In-Reply-To: <xe1bu2hbvya.fsf@maneki-neko.cygnus.com>
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com
Good $daytime,
On 28 Aug 1997 eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us wrote:
> Date: 28 Aug 1997 21:48:45 -0400
> From: eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us
> Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com
> To: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
> Cc: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@wi.leidenuniv.nl>,
> Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>, Bruce Perens <bruce@debian.org>,
> Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>, John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>,
> linux-security@redhat.com, security@debian.org, bugtraq@netspace.org
> Subject: [linux-security] Re: Getting root on Linux
> > Perhaps these users would be better served by a Paranoia-HOWTO than
> > an install time prompt.
> Ooh, I like that idea. Anyone want to get together with me to write
> one, or has anyone already started?
There is one already. The only problem is that it is written in
Bourne shell instead of plain English. It is called chkexploit and
can be found at any Linux security website.
Authors are
jessen@ahand.unicamp.br
nelson@pangeia.com.br
vazquez@iqm.unicamp.br
Personally I would say big thank you to these people.
P.S. Please excuse my poor English.
Regards,
Willy.
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