On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 09:16:29AM -0800, Alan wrote: > > New security vulnerability affects Linux. The "A Linux Intrusion > > Detection System" security patch for the Linux kernel reportedly creates > > a security vulnerability. Exploitation is easy and local users may be > > able to gain unrestricted root privileges. (SecuriTeam.com, 10 JAN 02) > > *Which* intrusion detection patch? That covers a number of projects. LIDS. Linux Intrusion Detection System. (The fun part is, last I checked, they had ditched their IDS approach to provide something more like traditional MAC. :) > That is like saying "A common Windows DLL may cause a problem". It does not > tell you what you need to know. (I know. A bad example.) Yeah. Talk about poor project naming. :) -- Find out why the United States jailed a Russian citizen over a lecture: http://www.anti-dmca.com/
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