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From: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.5.12 WP security warning
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:33:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020501133325.G29327@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E172oSp-0007ot-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au>

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 05:23:47PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
 > Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>: Warn users about machines with non-working WP bit:
 >   Hi!
 >   
 >   This might be good idea, as those machines are not safe for multiuser
 >   systems.
 >   
 > -		printk("No.\n");
 > +		printk("No (that's security hole).\n");
 >  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK

Maybe be a little more explicit in the wording ?

"No. This system is insecure in a multiuser environment.\n" perhaps ?

-- 
| Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-01 11:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-01  7:23 [PATCH] TRIVIAL 2.5.12 WP security warning Rusty Russell
2002-05-01 11:33 ` Dave Jones [this message]
2002-05-01 20:21   ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-01 20:27     ` arjan

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