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RE: Re: Second critical mremap() bug found in all Linux kernels


From: "Geo." <geoincidents () getinfo org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 12:57:40 -0500


At the risk of another dodgy car analogy, would it be OK to drive down the
pavement/sidewalk and run over anyone who doesn't get out of the way quick
enough? That's a form of Natural Selection, is it not? Which is why people
don't really believe in evolution. <<

You can be fined for j-walking, can you be fined for not patching? This is
what I'm getting at, currently there are no motivating factors to cause
people to patch except the threat of being exploited.

Suggest something we as the security community can do besides releasing
shutdown type tools to provide the necessary motivation to get these
machines patched and I'm all ears. Doing nothing is not an option imo and
lacking the existance of virus/worms/script kiddies would result in an even
more dangerous situation.

Geo.

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