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From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Hotplug, 1394, and security
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:07:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <438809CE.4070308@s5r6.in-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051125213209.GZ20781@conscoop.ottawa.on.ca>

Kurt Konolige wrote:
> Will libraw1394 access be 
> restricted to root, as a default policy?  There are user programs that 
> need access to libraw read/write, at least for DCAM-compliant devices.

In my opinion, the kernel should not enforce one or the other policy. As 
long as a policy (e.g. security policy) can be controlled in userspace, 
control it in userspace.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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http://arcgraph.de/sr/


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-11-26  7:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-25 21:32 Hotplug, 1394, and security Jody McIntyre
2005-11-25 21:49 ` Kurt Konolige
2005-11-25 22:52 ` Jody McIntyre
2005-11-25 23:29 ` Stefan Richter
2005-11-26  6:52 ` Kurt Konolige
2005-11-26  7:07 ` Stefan Richter [this message]
2005-11-27  5:03 ` Jody McIntyre
2005-11-27  5:28 ` Jody McIntyre
2005-11-27  5:45 ` Kurt Konolige
2005-11-27 13:39 ` Stefan Richter
2005-11-27 13:50 ` Stefan Richter
2005-11-27 13:55 ` Stefan Richter
2005-11-28 22:30 ` Jody McIntyre
2005-11-29  0:08 ` Stefan Richter
2005-11-29  5:43 ` Jody McIntyre
2005-11-29  7:57 ` Stefan Richter

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