On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 11:19:39PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote:
On 11/8/2009 1:17 PM, Dave Wilson wrote:
An ARM laptop would be especially win :-)
http://www.6ave.com/shop/Product.aspx?sku=VSLVL760-4GB
Was on sale recently for $150 shipped. No clue if it sucks.
I would love to see a
Dale Rahn wrote:
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 11:19:39PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote:
On 11/8/2009 1:17 PM, Dave Wilson wrote:
An ARM laptop would be especially win :-)
http://www.6ave.com/shop/Product.aspx?sku=VSLVL760-4GB
Was on sale recently for $150 shipped. No clue if it sucks.
I would
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Laurens Vets laur...@daemon.be wrote:
Dale Rahn wrote:
But this one isn't: 64MB ram, 800x480 resolution, unmentioned arm
processor
at unmentioned MHz, WindowsCE instead of linux?
The Always Innovating Touch Book maybe?
Dave Wilson wrote:
Toni Mueller wrote:
It's not like I was in love with x86/amd64, but it's *really*hard* to
go for something else.
Further to this, if anyone is aware of any non-x86/x64 machines which
are of similar bang-for-buck as off-the-shelf PCs, I for one would be
*very* interested to
Ted Unangst wrote:
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Laurens Vets laur...@daemon.be wrote:
Dale Rahn wrote:
But this one isn't: 64MB ram, 800x480 resolution, unmentioned arm
processor
at unmentioned MHz, WindowsCE instead of linux?
The Always Innovating Touch Book maybe?
2009/11/9 Laurens Vets laur...@daemon.be:
Tbh, I was just replying to Dale's comment: I would love to see a decent
(cortex based?) arm laptop/netbook.
Anybody tried porting OBSD to the Nokia N800++?
Best
Martin
On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:59:55PM +0100, Martin Schr?der wrote:
2009/11/9 Laurens Vets laur...@daemon.be:
Tbh, I was just replying to Dale's comment: I would love to see a decent
(cortex based?) arm laptop/netbook.
Anybody tried porting OBSD to the Nokia N800++?
I wanted to try at one
On 11/9/2009 11:38 AM, Dale Rahn wrote:
I would love to see a decent (cortex based?) arm laptop/netbook.
But this one isn't: 64MB ram, 800x480 resolution, unmentioned arm processor
at unmentioned MHz, WindowsCE instead of linux?
There's also no evidence of its existence on the manufacturer's
Hi,
On Fri, 06.11.2009 at 13:41:13 +0200, Lars Nooden lars.cura...@gmail.com
wrote:
Unless you aren't running shit-for-architecture x86 systems still.
It is 2009 and there are sparc, mips, freescale and arm on the market.
now you only need to educate us about how such machines can be used
in
Toni Mueller wrote:
now you only need to educate us about how such machines can be used
in an economic fashion.
Blaming people for not running PDA cpus for core routers or not
shelling out $40k for Niagara machines (supported by OpenBSD???) when
these are even outperformed by $4k PCs in
Then here it is http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Dave Wilson richard.wil...@senokian.com wrote:
Toni Mueller wrote:
now you only need to educate us about how such machines can be used
in an economic fashion.
Blaming people for not running PDA cpus
On 11/8/2009 1:17 PM, Dave Wilson wrote:
An ARM laptop would be especially win :-)
http://www.6ave.com/shop/Product.aspx?sku=VSLVL760-4GB
Was on sale recently for $150 shipped. No clue if it sucks.
2009/11/5 Justin Smith odnomz...@gmail.com:
By default, Ubuntu 8.04 and later with a non-zero
/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr setting were not vulnerable.
Ubuntu 8.04 released in 2008 april.
They've moved on from this then...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=143334
2009/11/5 Tobias Ulmer tobi...@tmux.org:
Dear sweetheart,
On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 01:12:58AM +0100, Claire beuserie wrote:
Yes, I know, I was present in the room when Illja gave the talk in 2006 at
the CCC Kongress and the two OpenBSD developers in the room decided to
completely ignore the
From http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/linux_kernel_vulnerability/ :
or desktop environments such as Wine
For some definitions of desktop environments.
Claire beuserie claire.beuse...@gmail.com writes:
That came out a bit weird: are you saying you knew about the bug for 2 years
but did not fix it?
Yes. Because the solution sucks. And all others we tried were just not
workable.
Just like we knew that executable stacks can be used for exploits
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 02:57:59AM +0100, Claire beuserie wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.orgwrote:
2) At least three of our developers were aware of this exploitation
method going back perhaps two years before than the commit, but we
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 at 1:46 PM, Aaron Mason
simplersolut...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez
gonz...@sepp0.com.ar wrote:
2009/11/3 Claire beuserie claire.beuse...@gmail.com:
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Theo de Raadt
Theo wrote:
For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
while back, in 2008.
Nice, but:
Since 2.6.23, it has been possible to prevent applications from
mapping low pages (to prevent null pointer dereferencing in the
kernel) via the /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr sysctl, which
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 03:45:33PM +0100, Justin Smith wrote:
Theo wrote:
For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
while back, in 2008.
Nice, but:
Since 2.6.23, it has been possible to prevent applications from
mapping low pages (to prevent null pointer
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 03:45:33PM +0100, Justin Smith wrote:
Theo wrote:
For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
while back, in 2008.
Nice, but:
Since 2.6.23, it has been possible to prevent applications from
mapping low pages
Penned by Justin Smith on 20091104 15:45.33, we have:
| Theo wrote:
|
| For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
| while back, in 2008.
|
| Nice, but:
|
| Since 2.6.23, it has been possible to prevent applications from
| mapping low pages (to prevent null pointer
For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
while back, in 2008.
Nice, but:
Since 2.6.23, it has been possible to prevent applications from
mapping low pages (to prevent null pointer dereferencing in the
kernel) via the /proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr sysctl, which sets
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Todd T. Fries t...@fries.net wrote:
Penned by Justin Smith on 20091104 15:45.33, we have:
| Theo wrote:
|
| For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
| while back, in 2008.
|
| Nice, but:
|
| Since 2.6.23, it has been possible to
-Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-
Von: Donald Allen donaldcal...@gmail.com
Gesendet: 04.11.09 14:23:04
An: misc@openbsd.org
Betreff: Re:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/linux_kernel_vulnerability/
Don Allen wrote
...
I realize that I'm preaching to the choir -- you know all
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Justin Smith odnomz...@gmail.com wrote:
By default, Ubuntu 8.04 and later with a non-zero
/proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr setting were not vulnerable.
Ubuntu 8.04 released in 2008 april.
Ubuntu 8 also ships with a setuid pulseaudio by default, which renders
the
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org
wrote:
For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
while back, in 2008.
Nice, but:
Since 2.6.23, it has been possible to prevent applications from
mapping low pages (to prevent null pointer
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 04:55:58PM +0100, Justin Smith wrote:
And now we get into the fun stuff.
Ever heard of 'secure by default' ?
This knob is set to '0' by default.
How many Linux installations actually read the above paragraph, understood
what value it could have to set to
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 04:55:58PM +0100, Justin Smith wrote:
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Todd T. Fries t...@fries.net wrote:
Penned by Justin Smith on 20091104 15:45.33, we have:
| Theo wrote:
|
| For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
| while back, in
And it is totally on on *all* 90239490234873984 distros right?
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 06:43:14PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote:
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org
wrote:
For the record, this particular problem was resolved in OpenBSD a
while back, in 2008.
Ross Cameron wrote:
Actually no it was turned on.
This is from the commit to the Linux kernel:
The amount of space protected is indicated by the new proc tunable
proc/sys/vm/mmap_min_addr and defaults to 0, preserving existing behavior.
It was turned off, 0 means no protection.
Matthias Kilian wrote:
And if you install something like wine, the knob is set back to 0,
probably without any notice (at least in ubuntu-8.10).
That can explain why it's off on my system (karmic koala).
By the way, this is from the debian wiki:
Debian 5.0.3 ships with a default mmap_min_addr
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Donald Allen donaldcal...@gmail.com wrote:
[SNIP]
I realize that I'm preaching to the choir -- you know all this. But I
think it's a mistake for (especially) the OpenBSD community to speak
of OpenBSD as just about security, when it's so much more than that.
I
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry Sieff henry.si...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Donald Allen donaldcal...@gmail.com wrote:
[SNIP]
I realize that I'm preaching to the choir -- you know all this. But I
think it's a mistake for (especially) the OpenBSD community to
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:46:26 +1100
Aaron Mason simplersolut...@gmail.com wrote:
Wine is a good idea, but it's stifling an even better idea - making
applications compatible across multiple OSes, something that hasn't
needed to be done in the M$ world because of the stranglehold they
had/have
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:46:26 +1100
Aaron Mason simplersolut...@gmail.com wrote:
Wine is a good idea, but it's stifling an even better idea - making
applications compatible across multiple OSes, something that hasn't
needed to be done in the M$ world because of the stranglehold they
had/have
Ok to add more idiotic ideas to debate about Linux/MS and
interoperability and so on why not add this one?
http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2620blogid=
14
EU Wants to Re-define bClosedb as bNearly Openb
'.While there is a correlation between openness
Dear sweetheart,
On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 01:12:58AM +0100, Claire beuserie wrote:
Yes, I know, I was present in the room when Illja gave the talk in 2006 at
the CCC Kongress and the two OpenBSD developers in the room decided to
completely ignore the exploit he showed until Miod reproduced it
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.orgwrote:
2) At least three of our developers were aware of this exploitation
method going back perhaps two years before than the commit, but we
gnashed our teeth a lot to try to find other solutions. Clever
cpu
2009/11/3 Claire beuserie claire.beuse...@gmail.com:
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Theo de Raadt
dera...@cvs.openbsd.orgwrote:
2) At least three of our developers were aware of this exploitation
method going back perhaps two years before than the commit, but we
gnashed our teeth
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 02:57:59AM +0100, Claire beuserie wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.orgwrote:
2) At least three of our developers were aware of this exploitation
method going back perhaps two years before than the commit, but we
My interpretation is that yes, they identified it as a possibility, but
due to limitations of the Intel platform, there wasn't an obvious,
clean, correct way to fix it.
I don't think this is a primary exploit, however. You would have to
have a buffer overflow or something in some other app
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Gonzalo Lionel Rodriguez
gonz...@sepp0.com.ar wrote:
2009/11/3 Claire beuserie claire.beuse...@gmail.com:
Hi,
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Theo de Raadt
dera...@cvs.openbsd.orgwrote:
2) At least three of our developers were aware of this exploitation
On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 04:58:25PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote:
[bcc'd to Dan Goodin @ theregister]
If anyone wants a choice quote from me about the recent Linux holes,
this is what I have to say:
Linus is too busy thinking about masturabating monkeys, he doesn't
have time to care
Theo de Raadt wrote:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/706950
I replaced Linux around '01 or '02 with OpenBSD both at companies I've
worked for since and at home. I don't really care what other people use
for their needs, and I've been neutral in my opinion about Torvalds
Theo de Raadt wrote:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/706950
I replaced Linux around '01 or '02 with OpenBSD both at companies I've
worked for since and at home. I don't really care what other people use
for their needs, and I've been neutral in my opinion about
2009/11/3 Gilles Chehade gil...@openbsd.org:
On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 04:58:25PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote:
[bcc'd to Dan Goodin @ theregister]
If anyone wants a choice quote from me about the recent Linux holes,
this is what I have to say:
Linus is too busy thinking about masturabating
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