From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268683AbUHTT1J (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:27:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268688AbUHTT0A (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:26:00 -0400 Received: from ctb-mesg1.saix.net ([196.25.240.73]:21178 "EHLO ctb-mesg1.saix.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268681AbUHTTZa (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:25:30 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: Martin Schlemmer To: Joerg Schilling Cc: Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing Lists , kernel@wildsau.enemy.org, fsteiner-mail@bio.ifi.lmu.de, diablod3@gmail.com, B.Zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl In-Reply-To: <4125FFA2.nail8LD61HFT4@burner> References: <200408041233.i74CX93f009939@wildsau.enemy.org> <4124BA10.6060602@bio.ifi.lmu.de> <1092925942.28353.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200408191800.56581.bzolnier@elka.pw.edu.pl> <4124D042.nail85A1E3BQ6@burner> <1092938348.28370.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4125FFA2.nail8LD61HFT4@burner> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-z1ToBhg6HWg0nqhYPXBW" Message-Id: <1093030136.8998.72.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:28:56 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-z1ToBhg6HWg0nqhYPXBW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 15:41, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: >=20 > > On Iau, 2004-08-19 at 17:07, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > Cdrtools is is code freeze state. This is why I say the best idea is = to remove=20 > > > this interface change from the current Linux kernel and wait until th= ere will > > > be new cdrtools alpha for 2.02 releases. These alpha could get suppor= t for uid > > > switching. If Linux then would again switch the changes on, it makes = sense. > > > > While Sun did spend a year refusing to fix security holes I found - fo= r > > "compatibility reasons" - long ago back when I was a sysadmin at NTL, > > the Linux world does not work that way. >=20 > Unless you tell us what kind of "security holes" you found _and_ when thi= s has=20 > been, it looks like a meaningless remark. >=20 But this is the same kind of remarks you make - statements without proof (the ones you also did not explain, and explicitly refuse to explain or give a pointer to) - so I assume we should also consider them as meaningless ? --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-z1ToBhg6HWg0nqhYPXBW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBJlD4qburzKaJYLYRAoysAJ9+g5I2Piq2PrIDKpm9G6qk7ioZMQCdGx05 j7944444Chk8BazMIZk3J7c= =JcZ9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-z1ToBhg6HWg0nqhYPXBW--