Re: [Security] [PATCH] kernel: make /proc/kallsyms mode 400 toreduce ease of attacking

[Ingo Molnar]

* Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> wrote:

> [...]
>
> It's precisely because you're making a special case of the security bug that you 
> want to hide bugs from user-space by cheating on version.

You claimed this for the second time and i'm denying it for the second time.

The goal of fuzzing the version inforation is _not_ to 'hide bugs from user-space by 
cheating on version'. The goal is to introduce uncertainty to attackers, so that a 
honeypot silent alarm can warn the admin.

Why are you putting words in my mouth?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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