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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:36:50 -0700
From: Chris Wright <chris@wirex.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove sys_security
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* Stephen Smalley (sds@tislabs.com) wrote:
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> On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> > It adds infrastructure to implement syscalls without peer review.
> > And then it ends being crap like the selinux syscalls.
> 
> Yes, I think you've made your point.  Go ahead, remove sys_security.

Looks like we should remove this.  The interface is awkward, and there
are many examples of how it's not needed and is broken by design.  I know
SubDomain can get by without it.

thanks,
-chris
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