Re: Moscowchannel.com hack

FWIW, not even root can unmount a file system that is busy.

	-paul

> From cypherpunks-errors@toad.com Sun Sep  1 18:17:12 1996
> Subject: Re: Moscowchannel.com hack
> To: snow@smoke.suba.com (snow)
> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 10:09:32 -0500 (CDT)
> Cc: joelm@eskimo.com, Cypherpunks@toad.com
> Reply-To: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov)
> From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
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> snow wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Joel McNamara wrote:
> > 
> > > Not really crypto, but related to the DOJ hack in a way.
> > > 
> > > Moscow Channel is a pretty slick, Russian news/commentary page.  Their Web
> > > site was hacked and altered by someone who didn't seem to like Russians all
> > > Just a matter of time before some builds a dedicated Satan type tool that
> > > scans for  HTTP server holes or messed up file permissions to make locating
> > > potential victims easy.
> > Write your web site to a CD-ROM and hard-code the base directory into the
> > webserver.
> 
> A hacker who has root can forcibly unmount the cdrom and mount another
> directory on that node. Not a good solution.
> 
> 	- Igor.
>

Paul J. Bell wrote:
> 
> FWIW, not even root can unmount a file system that is busy.
> 
> 	-paul

Well, root can kill all processes that use the mounted directory.

igor


> 
> > From cypherpunks-errors@toad.com Sun Sep  1 18:17:12 1996
> > Subject: Re: Moscowchannel.com hack
> > To: snow@smoke.suba.com (snow)
> > Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 10:09:32 -0500 (CDT)
> > Cc: joelm@eskimo.com, Cypherpunks@toad.com
> > Reply-To: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov)
> > From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
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> > snow wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Joel McNamara wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Not really crypto, but related to the DOJ hack in a way.
> > > > 
> > > > Moscow Channel is a pretty slick, Russian news/commentary page.  Their Web
> > > > site was hacked and altered by someone who didn't seem to like Russians all
> > > > Just a matter of time before some builds a dedicated Satan type tool that
> > > > scans for  HTTP server holes or messed up file permissions to make locating
> > > > potential victims easy.
> > > Write your web site to a CD-ROM and hard-code the base directory into the
> > > webserver.
> > 
> > A hacker who has root can forcibly unmount the cdrom and mount another
> > directory on that node. Not a good solution.
> > 
> > 	- Igor.
> > 
> 



	- Igor.