> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask that the FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 ISO-s free from the
> debugging features (WITNESS, malloc debugging, etc.)? Or these
> services are still being active?
"Right, it just means 6/10 don't plan to deploy it by the end of next year."
False. Read the fine PDF:
Which below represents the most accurate statement about your plans to deploy Windows 7?
We have no current plans to deploy Windows 7 59.3%
We will likely deploy Windows 7 by the end of 2010 34.0%
We plan on deploying Windows 7 by the end of 2009 5.4%
We have already deployed Windows 7 1.4%
According this 59,3% will skip Windows 7 completely. 34,0% will likely deploy Windows 7 by the end of 2010. Likely.
Nitin & Vipin: An attacker doesn't need to install, that's the way it has been designed. Just boot the system by placing the vbootkit media (containing vbootkit in bootsectors) in the drive, and start booting. After Vista boots, you can verify that you are running vbootkit, by checking the privilege of any running cmd.exe, the sample converts all low-privileged cmd.exe process to SYSTEM privileges. It also supports system compromise via PXE booting.
It doesn't need any privileges only physical access to the machine. It can also be installed to a remote system under some conditions (without physical access)."
As usual, you can find an unofficial - and of course unsupported by the OpenBSD dev team - i386 install ISO, and a short install guide (unfortunately just in hungarian language) at the Hungarian Unix Portal.
> [T]he Linux 2.6.20 kernel will include a full virtualization (not para-virtualization) solution.
Yep. But Molnár Ingo (yes, the hungarian kernel hacker) Ingo Molnar announced a new patch introducing paravirtualization support for KVM.
Slashdot Mirror
Razor-qt desktop environment on Ubuntu 11.10:
http://youtu.be/n6Ro1Qc4UaE
Article (hungarian):
http://hup.hu/cikkek/20111219/razor-qt_qt-alapu_gyors_desktop_kornyezet_telepitese_ubuntu_11.10-re
Sorry, sir
From Phoronix:
"The tests that were carried out under FreeBSD 7.2, FreeBSD 8.0 RC1, and Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 included timed ImageMagick compilation"
From freebsd-current mailing list:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to ask that the FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 ISO-s free from the
> debugging features (WITNESS, malloc debugging, etc.)? Or these
> services are still being active?
They are gone, for the most part. r197065: http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=197065
Remove extra debugging support that is turned on for head but turned off for stable branches:
- shift to MALLOC_PRODUCTION
- turn off automatic crash dumps
- Remove kernel debuggers, INVARIANTS*[1], WITNESS* from
GENERIC kernel config files[2]
[1] INVARIANTS* left on for ia64 by request marcel
[2] sun4v was left as-is
Debug? No, Sir.
1, 2
False. Read the fine PDF:
According this 59,3% will skip Windows 7 completely. 34,0% will likely deploy Windows 7 by the end of 2010. Likely.
From an interview with authors:
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/442/2
"How can an attacker deploy it?
Nitin & Vipin: An attacker doesn't need to install, that's the way it has been designed. Just boot the system by placing the vbootkit media (containing vbootkit in bootsectors) in the drive, and start booting. After Vista boots, you can verify that you are running vbootkit, by checking the privilege of any running cmd.exe, the sample converts all low-privileged cmd.exe process to SYSTEM privileges. It also supports system compromise via PXE booting.
It doesn't need any privileges only physical access to the machine. It can also be installed to a remote system under some conditions (without physical access)."
Problem solved.
Safari also vulnerable...
As usual, you can find an unofficial - and of course unsupported by the OpenBSD dev team - i386 install ISO, and a short install guide (unfortunately just in hungarian language) at the Hungarian Unix Portal.
> [T]he Linux 2.6.20 kernel will include a full virtualization (not para-virtualization) solution. Yep. But Molnár Ingo (yes, the hungarian kernel hacker) Ingo Molnar announced a new patch introducing paravirtualization support for KVM.
> Why did you post it?
I have tried to always give credit to those who deserve it.
Credit line removed by the editor, but i found this report on HUP.
one of the million?
Local r00t: Mac OS X <= 10.4.6 (launchd) Local Format String Exploit (ppc) Mac OS X <= 10.4.6 (launchd) Local Format String Exploit (x86)
to original poster and approver: ThIs Is An OlD StORy! CheCK ThE DaTe NeXt TIme! D0N'T WaStE My TIme With OLd StORiEs LikE ThiS!
From OSNews:
"Some unofficial (and of course unsupported by OpenBSD team) install ISOs:
http://hup.hu/node/24625"