1996-09-01 - Re: Moscowchannel.com hack

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From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: ichudov@algebra.com
Message Hash: 397b9786ce65a6700607ff37000e20ad61d83b9a9101a83f8ef9f907dfd953d5
Message ID: <199609011723.NAA00697@nrk.com>
Reply To: <199609011509.KAA26254@manifold.algebra.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-09-01 19:16:50 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 03:16:50 +0800

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From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 03:16:50 +0800
To: ichudov@algebra.com
Subject: Re: Moscowchannel.com hack
In-Reply-To: <199609011509.KAA26254@manifold.algebra.com>
Message-ID: <199609011723.NAA00697@nrk.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
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Igor Chudov @ home sez:
> 
> > Write your web site to a CD-ROM and hard-code the base directory into the
> > webserver.
> 
> A hacker who has root can forcibly unmount the cdrom and mount another
> directory on that node. Not a good solution.

Real hard disks such as RL02's & RK07's have WRITE DISABLE
switches....


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