Re:Aren't you already screwed? (Score 3, Informative)

What a crock. At least the editors could have linked to the actual presentation (beware, it's a ppt). I was at CanSec West and this is not as scary as you would think. The exploit requires escalated privileges to begin with. The only thing it can currently be used for is bypassing secure levels inside of OpenBSD, where you already have root. Next time the editors could do a little research before posting, oh wait, this is slashdot. --m