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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
To: Jesse Pollard <jesse@cats-chateau.net>
Cc: John Lange <john.lange@bighostbox.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, mcmanus@ducksong.com,
	jmorris@redhat.com
Subject: Re: A new model for ports and kernel security?
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 12:06:20 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F81227C.40900@namesys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <03100208222600.20948@tabby>

Jesse Pollard wrote:

>On Wednesday 01 October 2003 20:45, John Lange wrote:
>  
>
>>A few people suggested various patches which implement a similar
>>functionality to what I was suggesting and I thank them for that.
>>
>>I think this clearly demonstrates that there is a demand for such a
>>feature.
>>    
>>
>
>Not really - that is why they have been external for several years.
>  
>
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.

-- 
Hans



  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-10-06  8:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-01 19:06 A new model for ports and kernel security? John Lange
2003-10-01 19:27 ` James Morris
2003-10-02  1:45   ` John Lange
2003-10-02 13:22     ` Jesse Pollard
2003-10-02 14:30       ` John Lange
2003-10-06  8:06       ` Hans Reiser [this message]
2003-10-01 19:28 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-10-01 20:10 ` Krzysztof Halasa

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