Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:22:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:22:30 -0500 Received: from cx570538-a.elcjn1.sdca.home.com ([24.5.14.144]:31620 "EHLO keroon.dmz.dreampark.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:21:43 -0500 Message-ID: <3C07CDFB.7F1A9FFC@randomlogic.com> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:20:43 -0800 From: "Paul G. Allen" Organization: Akamai Technologies, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Linux kernel developer's mailing list" Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue In-Reply-To:

<20011128162317.B23210@work.bitmover.com> <9u7lb0$8t9$1@forge.intermeta.de> <20011130072634.E14710@work.bitmover.com> <1007138360.6656.27.camel@forge> <3C07B820.4108246F@mandrakesoft.com> <20011130185359.Q31176@blu> 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 antirez wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 11:47:28AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > The security community has shown us time and again that public shaming > > is often the only way to motivate vendors into fixing security > > problems. Yes, even BSD security guys do this :) > > It's a bit different. Usually the security community uses it > when there isn't a way to fix the code (i.e. non-free code) > or when the maintaner of the code refused to fix the issue. > Also to "expose" the security problem isn't the same as > to flame. > > While not a good idea, something like a long name > for a local var isn't a big problem like a completly > broken software with huge security holes used by milions of people > every day. > A variable/function name should ALWAYS be descriptive of the variable/function purpose. If it takes a long name, so be it. At least the next guy looking at it will know what it is for. PGA -- Paul G. Allen UNIX Admin II ('til Dec. 3)/FlUnKy At LaRgE (forever!) Akamai Technologies, Inc. www.akamai.com - 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/