Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271293AbTGWUPH (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:15:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271297AbTGWUPE (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:15:04 -0400 Received: from crosslink-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.254]:49660 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271293AbTGWUOp (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:14:45 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.4.22-pre7: are security issues solved? From: Alan Cox To: Aurelien Jarno Cc: Herbert Xu , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030723201619.GA21303@pc.aurel32> References: <20030723033505.145db6b8.davem@redhat.com> <20030723104753.GA2479@gondor.apana.org.au> <20030723035022.23a75bc5.davem@redhat.com> <20030723105903.GA2582@gondor.apana.org.au> <20030723201619.GA21303@pc.aurel32> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1058991781.5520.133.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 23 Jul 2003 21:23:02 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 632 Lines: 14 On Mer, 2003-07-23 at 21:16, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > 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. In some cases that is still useful information. People brought up the IRQ data and to be honest that also is something I'd prefer wasn't non root viewable. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/