In a comment on my previous post about SE Linux and worms/trojans [1] a user enquired about which methods of gaining local root are prevented by SE Linux. A local exploit is one that can not be run…| etbe - Russell Coker
Ben Fowler blogs about the issues related to running IRC as root. Google searches for (irc client exploit) and (irc client “buffer overflow”) give a number of interesting web pages. Man…| etbe - Russell Coker
The Threat Bruce Schneier’s blog post about the Mariposa Botnet has an interesting discussion in the comments about how to make a secure system [1]. Note that the threat is considered to be r…| etbe - Russell Coker
I have just been asked for advice about “secure filesystem” and decided to blog my answers. The first issue is what is meant by “secure filesystem, that could either mean the abil…| etbe - Russell Coker