Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263475AbTKFLlH (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:41:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263504AbTKFLlH (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:41:07 -0500 Received: from host213-160-108-25.dsl.vispa.com ([213.160.108.25]:50321 "HELO cenedra.office") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263475AbTKFLlF (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:41:05 -0500 From: Andrew Walrond To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BK2CVS problem Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:41:00 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <20031105204522.GA11431@work.bitmover.com> <20031105225134.GA14149@win.tue.nl> <20031106070721.GA18028@mcgroarty.net> In-Reply-To: <20031106070721.GA18028@mcgroarty.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311061141.00595.andrew@walrond.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 610 Lines: 17 > > > > > > That looks odd > > > > Not if you hope to get root. > Somebody getting access to and inserting exploits directly into the linux source is not something we should take lightly. Whilst we understand the limits of the problem, the fact that it happened at all could get /.'d out of all proportion and be used to seriously undermine linux's reputation - 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/