Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:51:53 +0200
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: the "Turing Attack" (was: Sabotaged PaXtest)
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Reply-To: Mika Bostrom <bostik+lkml@bostik.iki.fi>
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  [Posted only on LKML, this has become humour.]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 09:03:00PM +0100, David Weinehall wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 04:21:49PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >=20
> > * Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net> wrote:
> > > > PaX cannot be a 'little bit pregnant'. (you might argue that exec-s=
hield
> > > > is in the 6th month, but that does not change the fundamental
> > > > end-result: a child will be born ;-)
> > >=20
> > > Yes and no.  I would think that the chances of a child being born are
> > > greater if the pregnancy has lasted successfully up until the 6th mon=
th,
> > > compared to a first week pregnancy.
> > >=20
> > > I assume you get my point  :)
> >=20
> > the important point is: neither PaX nor exec-shield can claim _for sure_
> > that no child will be born, and neither can claim virginity ;-)
> >=20
> > [ but i guess there's a point where a bad analogy must stop ;) ]
>=20
> Yeah, sex is *usually* a much more pleasant experience than having your
> machine broken into, even if it results in a pregnancy. =3D)

  I'll bite, before anyone else says it...

  It can not be a mere coincidence that the most rigorous security
audits include penetration testing.

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