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Date:   Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:33:50 -0500
From:   Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
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Subject: Re: [oss-security] [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat
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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 19:33:50 -0500
From: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: oss-security@lists.openwall.com,
	Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [oss-security] [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat
 correctly

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 05:14:42PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 01:02:35PM -0500, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> > > I think the argument I'm trying to make is to be flexible in
> > > implementation, allowing for future needs and wants--that is "future
> > > proofing".
> >=20
> > Linux should not have an XML, JSON, or YAML serializer.  Linux already
> > does way too much; let=E2=80=99s not add one more thing to the list.
>=20
> There's always Protobufs[1]!  :-)  And all of these are better than
> ASN.1, for which Google already has a limited parser (for x.509
> certificates).   :-)   :-)   :-)
>=20
> 						- Ted

Cap=E2=80=99n Proto is better than Protobufs :-)
--=20
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
Invisible Things Lab

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