Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261572AbVE3JVJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 05:21:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261573AbVE3JVJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 05:21:09 -0400 Received: from sj-iport-2-in.cisco.com ([171.71.176.71]:32169 "EHLO sj-iport-2.cisco.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261572AbVE3JVF convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2005 05:21:05 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 17:19:43 +0800 Message-ID: <26A66BC731DAB741837AF6B2E29C10171E60DE@xmb-hkg-413.apac.cisco.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: OT] Joerg Schilling flames Linux on his Blog Thread-Index: AcVk98PfNu9oI6VcQSW2Wzip4T5LXgAAEiaw From: "Lincoln Dale \(ltd\)" To: "Joerg Schilling" , Cc: , , <7eggert@gmx.de> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 May 2005 09:20:59.0641 (UTC) FILETIME=[E464DE90:01C564F8] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 622 Lines: 19 > But what you claim is simply impossible. wrong. again. look up the man page for udev(8), pay particular attention to the part that can tie devname into device serial number. take note of the example shown under 'serial'. > So let me sum up: Never rely on things that cannot be made > 100% unique in case you like to run security relevent > software like cdrecord. LOL. - 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/