Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261922AbVAYNtO (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:49:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261937AbVAYNtO (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:49:14 -0500 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:55451 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261922AbVAYNtM (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:49:12 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c, Video DVD playback support From: Alan Cox To: Elias da Silva Cc: lkml , Jens Axboe In-Reply-To: <200501251029.22646.silva@aurigatec.de> References: <200501220327.38236.silva@aurigatec.de> <200501242310.00184.silva@aurigatec.de> <1106611309.6148.116.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200501251029.22646.silva@aurigatec.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1106656675.14787.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:44:21 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 633 Lines: 14 On Maw, 2005-01-25 at 09:29, Elias da Silva wrote: > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 01:01, you wrote: > Yes, sometimes you have to risk broken software in favor of augmented > security, but so far we only have broken software. Well let me see in 2.6.5 if you could read open the block device at all you could erase the drive firmware. I think we've significantly improved security actually. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/