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Physical access to the machine is still needed. For 99.99999999 pct of us this does not matter.
by qrbLPHiKpiux 9y ago
Physical access to the machine is still needed. For 99.99999999 pct of us this does not matter.
- zimbatm 9y agoWhy is physical access needed? Any exploit that gives root to the machine could also be used to install the kernel module.
- willstrafach 9y agoYou are correct. It is strange to see multiple claims of physical access being needed.
- omginternets 9y agoI think people are assuming that most sysadmins won't enter their sudo passwords into random prompts (not necessarily a sound assumption). From there, one easy way to get root that most people understand/know is to have physical access to the machine.
- dTal 9y agoIt only matters for one person in the entire world? Who?
- leojg 9y agoProbably young linux enthusiast Billy, who switched from windows a week ago because a friend installed him ubuntu, he went into some random internet forum and copy pasted a bunch of commands on the little black(or redish?) and white screen to improve "performance"
- astrodust 9y agoBilly not only de-lidded his i7 to turbo it, he also overclocked Kali Linux to make it DDOS faster.
- astrodust 9y agoI don't know about you but I don't have physical access to my cloud servers. I'm sure someone with the right badge and warrant does.