From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.inoc.net ([64.246.131.30]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 182Jze-0007rf-00 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:23:54 -0400 Received: from champion.valstar.net (cust184.as1-gtown.valstar.net [64.246.150.186]) by mx1.inoc.net (Vircom SMTPRS 5.3.232) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:23:50 -0400 Received: from champion.valstar.net (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by champion.valstar.net (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g9HNNrkg001174 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:23:54 -0400 Received: from localhost (hallenbeck@localhost) by champion.valstar.net (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id g9HNNqkD001171 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:23:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:23:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: more on hardware clock In-Reply-To: <20021017211324.GB3568@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Steve, On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Steve Holmes wrote: > Tell me, just what the hell is libsafe and what is it good for? Based > on Chuck's experience, I don't think I will be doin' libsafe any time soon:). Libsafe is an evil device created by Osama Bin Ladin which is designed to bring down the most stable systems in the Western World!!! I am reporting it to John Ashcroft in the morning. You will find it in the "extra" directory of Slackware 8.1 and the description is actually very intriguing. It seems to do the same thing for ld-linux.so that vsound does for /dev/dsp -- it intercepts its invocations and attempts to plug a number of common security holes in lots of software related to buffer overruns and such. My warmest thanks to Jude who called it to our attention a week or so ago!!! Hey Jude, have you tried shutting your computer down yet? Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (90% of Full) So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck