X-RDate: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:16:21 +0600 (YEKST)
X-UIDL: 35317d3400000028
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:01:44 -0600
From: Jeff Polk <polk@BSDI.COM.>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Subject: Re: obsd boot hack (boot-modified-kernel-attack)
For BSD/OS systems, creating a /etc/boot.default file which loads
/bsd explicitly and does no -pause or -waitnl commands will force it
to boot the specified file with no chance for operator intervention.
As configured by default, the /etc/boot.default file does not load a
kernel, and the boot program will pause for 5 seconds allowing it to
be interrupted before loading the default kernel (/bsd).
Jeff
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