From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263407AbTEITDY (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 15:03:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263432AbTEITDY (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 15:03:24 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:38533 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263407AbTEITDX (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 May 2003 15:03:23 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 15:18:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export. In-Reply-To: <200305091902.h49J2Kb9010589@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: References: <200305091309_MC3-1-3826-6B65@compuserve.com> <200305091902.h49J2Kb9010589@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 9 May 2003 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 09 May 2003 14:27:22 EDT, "Richard B. Johnson" said: > > > powered OFF. Microsoft installed Magic Lantern software within > > the kernel and within all software updates, (service Pack 2 of > > Win/2000/Prof as part of their deal with the Justice Department > > when our attention was diverted after 9/11. This allows any > > "Duly Authorized...." person to extract the contents of anything, > > any time it's on the network. Magic Lantern is the hook for > > "Carnivore" (and others) that uses bits in the same packet area > > as the ECN bits to tell the M$ kernel not to forward the attached > > packet on to mail, but to use it as a command for an internal spy > > engine that sends information back using the same methods. Since > > Umm.. I'm well known as being both a Microsoft and US Govt basher myself, but... > > Is this tinfoil-helmet time, or do you have any evidence to back this up? > Google search isn't enough? Try Magic Lantern, get past the stuff about old-time movies and onto ZDNET-news, Electronic Privacy information center, etc., etc. Even the FBI admits it, check out the court-orders, etc. http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/news Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.