Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261539AbVDJRvm (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:51:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261538AbVDJRvm (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:51:42 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:44726 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261539AbVDJRvf (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:51:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:50:03 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: Bill Davidsen Cc: junkio@cox.net, dlang@digitalinsight.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel SCM saga.. Message-Id: <20050410105003.10e49ea0.pj@engr.sgi.com> In-Reply-To: References: <7vzmw7as25.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 801 Lines: 20 > It's possible to generate another object with the same hash, but: Yeah - the real check is that the modified object has to compile and do something useful for someone (the cracker if no one else). Just getting a random bucket of bits substituted for a real kernel source file isn't going to get me into the cracker hall of fame, only into their odd-news of the day. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401 - 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/