From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JOJKO-0000On-GH for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:03:08 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOJKM-0000Mk-Q3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:03:06 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JOJKL-0000Kz-3Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:03:06 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOJKK-0000Ko-QA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:03:04 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOJKK-0006OP-GY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:03:04 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JOJK3-0003hY-SY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:02:50 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JOJHx-0001QS-EE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:00:37 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:00:37 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080210210037.GD4916@thorin> References: <20080210131656.GA4168@thorin> <47AF0282.4000307@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080210152226.GB7404@thorin> <47AF293F.8070804@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080210170026.GA12941@thorin> <47AF3BD2.6060305@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080210193916.GA22265@thorin> <47AF57DF.1000306@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080210204738.GA4916@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080210204738.GA4916@thorin> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] erase variable data on user unset X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:03:07 -0000 On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:47:38PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > This should address your concern. As to why I propose to put this in unset > command rather than kernel, since GRUB itself doesn't have any mechanisms > where a variable would contain sensible information, I think it's better to > protect user variables only. (for size reasons of course) -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)