On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:51:25PM +1200, C.T.F. Jansen wrote: > Greetings, > Regarding the root compromise in Debian 4.0R1, DSA 1491-1, > relating to vserver and vmsplice. Can one disable this feature or not > enable it, without breaking the kernel or anything else ? > Is it possible for remote programs, say a website that one is browsing > with javascript turned on [shudder], to do the vserver/vmsplice root > compromise or otherwise use it to degrade the system in some way ? > Thanks in advance.
Why not just upgrade the kernel? Don't think that by disabling vserver/vmsplice you'll elimiate all bugs from the kernel. They're there, they just haven't been found or fixed yet. As great as Debian is, it is still Linux. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
