RE: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

["Hua Zhong" <hzhong@gmail.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Pavel Machek
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 11:29 AM
> To: Ray Lee
> Cc: Alan Cox; Chris Wright; Casey Schaufler; Adrian Bunk; Simon Arlott;
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org;
> Jan Engelhardt; Linus Torvalds; Andreas Gruenbacher; Thomas Fricaccia;
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge; James Morris; Crispin Cowan; Giacomo Catenazzi
> Subject: Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to
> static interface)
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > > > The idea that poor security is worse than no security is
> fallacious,
> > > > and not backed up by common experience.
> > >
> > > There is a ton of evidence both in computing and outside of it
> which
> > > shows that poor security can be very much worse than no security at
> all.
> >
> > (So, I take it that you *don't* lock your bike up, as poor security
> is
> > worse than none?)
> 
> I do lock my bike with combination lock I found somewhere and cracked
> in five minutes... sometimes.
> 
> But do you suggest that I use paper tape to 'lock' my bike to
> streetlight? You just said that poor security is better than none,
> right?
> 
> 							Pavel
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