Re: A new model for ports and kernel security?

Hans Reiser
2003-10-06T08:06:48Z

Jesse Pollard wrote:

>On Wednesday 01 October 2003 20:45, John Lange wrote:
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>>A few people suggested various patches which implement a similar
>>functionality to what I was suggesting and I thank them for that.
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>>I think this clearly demonstrates that there is a demand for such a
>>feature.
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>Not really - that is why they have been external for several years.
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I would hope that it is more because the grsecurity documentation
suggests it is still a work in progress. Perhaps its author might
consider dividing his work up into smaller patches for Linus to consider.

The original poster was right that restricting ports below 1024 is an
unclean hack, and a poor substitute for a better permissions model.
Unfortunately it is an unclean hack in an area where it is difficult for
society to achieve the decision needed for change.

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Hans