From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271272AbTGWUBQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:01:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271274AbTGWUBQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:01:16 -0400 Received: from webmail.insa-lyon.fr ([134.214.79.204]:35274 "EHLO mail.insa-lyon.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271272AbTGWUBO (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:01:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 22:16:19 +0200 From: Aurelien Jarno To: Herbert Xu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre7: are security issues solved? Message-ID: <20030723201619.GA21303@pc.aurel32> Mail-Followup-To: Aurelien Jarno , Herbert Xu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030723033505.145db6b8.davem@redhat.com> <20030723104753.GA2479@gondor.apana.org.au> <20030723035022.23a75bc5.davem@redhat.com> <20030723105903.GA2582@gondor.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030723105903.GA2582@gondor.apana.org.au> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.4i (2003-03-19) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 08:59:03PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Anyway, I'm not that bothered with making /proc/tty/driver root-only, > even if it is only for what seems to me to be dubious reasons. Or maybe it is possible to update this information with a longer period. Let's say for example 5 seconds. So it is almost impossible to determine the length of a password. It is a little more complicated, but it has the advantage that the statistics about the serial ports are still available for normal users. Aurelien