From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:14:48 -0200 From: "Iruata Souza" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] security In-Reply-To: <4724B911.9080202@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2cc6e509319590eee5371dc0def82e1a@9netics.com> <4724B007.6090908@gmail.com> <4724B911.9080202@gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: dd04bcf4-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 10/28/07, don bailey wrote: > Sigh. Thanks for assuming I'm just making random comments. > you haven't showed much proof in this thread, so I assumed that. > I guess my last exploit didn't teach anyone anything. > "OHMYGODZ A KERNEL 0DAY FOR PLAN 9??!?!!?!" > I saw your exploit when it was mentioned. The bug was fixed, doesn't it? > You can't segment the Plan 9 kernel. You can only make it > harder to use. > > As I stated in my last e-mail, apparently noone here is > interested in listening, so I'm done trying to prove a > point for now. > I don't know if people are interested in listening... but if you want people to listen I guess you better try to use better arguments (maybe exploiting, as you already did, is a good one). > Next time it'll come in binary form. that is the kind of thing that makes people stop treating you seriously. > Cheers, > D > in the end, writing the exploit seemed a good approach. you showed it, people discussed, the thing was fixed. best, iru