Re: AFS - The Ultimate Sulution?

["マグロ原子" <atoom.tonijn () gmail com>]

On 9/17/06, Paul Sebastian Ziegler <psz () observed de> wrote:
> Yes, it would still be possible to root the system, but how would that
> help to get another user?
> Even if the system is rooted you would only have access to your own
> files and could not even crack other user's pws since they aren't in
> your password-file.

Since every machine would run the same image, if your system is
rooted, all others could be.

> As you said this requires that the AFS-Server is being kept up to date.
> But the Images wouldn't have to be.

Yes they would.

> Of course somebody could be hardlogging on a workstation, but it
> wouldn't be possible to sniff pws from the kerberos-session due to
> encryption.

Again if the system is rooted, it's possible to install a modified
"loader", which loads a modified OS image, which can sniff passwords
and do everything else.

Nyoro~n

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