Re: What about a file /proc/kcore?

["John W. M. Stevens" <john@betelgeuse.us>]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:52:37PM +0200, jsalord@publicom1010.com wrote:
> What about a file /proc/kcore?

Nope.  That file is your RAM.

Go ahead, look at its size . . . I'll bet it is EXACTLY the same
number of bytes as your RAM, right?

/proc/kcore is a neat Unix trick: making everything (including your
RAM) look like a file.

> Is it relaed  to a virus?

Uh . . . yes, and no.

Theoretically, you could introduce viruses through this file, if
it were writable, and if the virus writer were a near-genius.

Practically . . . no.

John S.