From: Han Boetes <han@mijncomputer.nl>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: propolice support for linux
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:31:43 +0059 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050113193205.GE14127@boetes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1105635755.6031.37.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> you haven't commented on the "why is this useful for the kernel"
> question I asked,
You didn't ask this question, and I did comment.
> can you point out a single kernel buffer overflow ??
Let's ask Edsger Dijkstra :-)
``Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but
never to show their absence! -- Edsger Dijkstra, [1972]''
I get your point though, but since it can't do any harm let us
paranoid freaks have a proper patch at the least.
> (I know userspace has them; I'm asking you specifically about
> kernel space since you provide a patch useful for kernel space
> only)
Well I suggest it here as well:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=199891
But got zero replies. Could you be so kind to point out to these
people it's a good idea?
# Han
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-13 19:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-13 13:46 propolice support for linux Han Boetes
2005-01-13 14:04 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-13 14:53 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 16:37 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-13 17:02 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 19:32 ` Han Boetes [this message]
2005-01-14 7:35 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 17:07 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-13 17:31 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-13 17:58 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-01-13 18:17 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-14 4:25 ` Mitchell Blank Jr
2005-01-14 10:30 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-15 2:25 ` Mitchell Blank Jr
2005-01-15 8:10 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-13 14:07 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 14:15 ` Jakub Jelinek
2005-01-13 19:58 ` Andi Kleen
2005-01-13 21:11 ` Ulrich Drepper
2005-01-13 22:52 ` Han Boetes
2005-01-14 6:25 ` Willy Tarreau
2005-01-14 7:06 ` Ulrich Drepper
2005-01-14 14:08 ` Nix
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