[DGD] Override Kernel

Shevek shevek at btinternet.com
Thu Feb 14 23:08:51 CET 2002


>NB: If anyone else is using BBlib and it's not v0.1c then make sure you 
>have both the backdoor admin (Ie the binary port one) AND the telnet port 
>admin (Which uses the BBlib user.c and keeps its password in the same 
>place as all the other users).
>It's a potentially enormous security hole which I patched up in v0.1c by 
>denying 'admin' access in the BBlib user.c, ie on the telnet port (Binary 
>port always uses the kernel lib's user.c and the pass in kernel/data/).
>Apologies to anyone that caught out, just wasn't on the ball that day.

I, of course, meant v0.1b not v0.1c. It's the one on Noel Gibbs website 
(Although it's labelled 0.1a there I assure you it is actually 0.1b).

Gotta get some stronger coffee :>

Cheers,
         Shevek


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