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From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>
To: Jan Krueger <jk@×××××××××××.net>
Cc: Troy Dack <tad@g.o>, Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:09:45
Message-Id: 1062954787.8455.128.camel@nosferatu.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions by Jan Krueger
1 On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 20:31, Jan Krueger wrote:
2 > On Sunday 07 September 2003 18:21, Jan Krueger wrote:
3 > > put
4 > > rm -rf /
5 > > in src_install
6 > >
7 > > See the difference?
8 >
9 > What i meant to show is:
10 > as long as there is the possibility to wipe the box from within an ebuild it
11 > is just a matter of time until this gets exploited.
12 >
13
14 Ok, but this is the same for .rpm, .deb, etc. Heck, even the kernel
15 could be exploited like this ...
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20 Martin Schlemmer
21 Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
22 Cape Town, South Africa

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