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[Paul Lussier]

"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Hey, it's possible that Warren's kernel is so old that he doesn't
>>> suffer from the vmslice() exploit. :)
>>
>>  Sure it's possible.  We're not vulnerable to it anywhere, we're still
>>  running a 2.4 kernel :)
>
>   Though, as I mentioned, the 2.4 kernel has also had security
> advisories in the past two years.  So 2.4 systems aren't immune to
> reboots, either.  Not that that should be news.  :)

Nope, and I didn't say the 2.4 kernel wasn't vulnerable, just that
it's possible to have a stable-running kernel old enough to not have
the vmslice problem... :)
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Seeya,
Paul