Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752462Ab2B0F3Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:29:16 -0500 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:52401 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750811Ab2B0F3O (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:29:14 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: Andrei Warkentin Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrei Warkentin , kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net, Jason Wessel , Matt Mackall Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/3] NETKGDB: Ethernet/UDP/IP KDB transport. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:30:10 EST." <1330313411-845-3-git-send-email-andrey.warkentin@gmail.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1330137851-4716-1-git-send-email-andrey.warkentin@gmail.com> <1330313411-845-1-git-send-email-andrey.warkentin@gmail.com> <1330313411-845-3-git-send-email-andrey.warkentin@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1330320543_6549P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:29:03 -0500 Message-ID: <116798.1330320543@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=vivi.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020209.4F4B14A2.002A,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2011-07-25 19:15:43, dmn=2011-05-27 18:58:46, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2018 Lines: 49 --==_Exmh_1330320543_6549P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:30:10 EST, Andrei Warkentin said: > +Note: the parameter is optional and largely unneeded unless you > +are running a listen server - netkgdb will accept connection from any > +IP on all interfaces and will reconfigure itself appropriately if This *really* needs a discussion of the security implications of this. Do you *really* want to have a kgdb that will accept connections from *anywhere*? Sounds like an insta-root waiting to happen. > +the assigned interface IP address changes. This makes it useful > +in an environment where it's not known ahead of time what computer > +will connect to perform the crash analysis. Exactly. You don't know ahead of time who's going to connect. That's the problem... --==_Exmh_1330320543_6549P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iQIVAwUBT0sUnwdmEQWDXROgAQKSkw//Xbl4nTmDtTxYA9sgOvDw8O35P1ytSN/p uNkUVQ2ry8ash091BM/bfkEVd8qa8cgW+cAliw3lOd7Uke2Vsp5xQNFMHD6Divtx hOhBOHO6lVQyAKtuf9HFxX2HtMzEQeuv2e4jzOp0kMcWLfg6R12FzPeQElFZph7V /Tg2n4ICYSR4TGewNOCVkYUNHzwLoWbVw4AMcE6hFvp1RlahOqMuLrDyvgU2Rmj5 vVOrID50jDRYlrB7qNwMBLRYEMgIrojeWqXZ3u34NiM7BGQCIdZwrzvbTpChAN4S DXlPjOy8dhT1CF1xuSWctNl5pnAn69F4NkSKoIoskrs3X8c+M5LRSYhp87q7oiVE 82qq4WcUu5TbNhepjGvvJrq4fJ91UDy5uV71BarJnGM0QZLgLK23l8+XMUsvQ2Wl Xe2F9Y01mk0+x3/yis0KlFgnMePiYEKzUFey2B1pWCLp1yZzMvDe3NtHIXlXqbiu Jta9AyiO4m9sDP1InLspmte0mjH1LuwmhsN6HRroB7Umv2De7H1Fr8/dwSzjLwF0 YaioG4vuoPMAIV6y2WpJYSkbH+Dt2HN7dNoFcavTCqFJEkFIFZURRQcMCCxPbn3j T5QsZb0gOVol9fAFZy1UznBlBj2Sg7g/3ppgagQbb1Kj0wdM3OBkVN9L5Ench2Nj VfuLu2iTzfs= =7WKG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1330320543_6549P-- -- 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/