Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:41:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:41:30 -0400 Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk ([130.88.200.94]:36370 "EHLO probity.mcc.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 15:41:27 -0400 Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 20:41:14 +0100 From: John Levon To: Alan Cox Cc: "Steven N. Hirsch" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Two fixes for 2.4.19-pre5-ac3 Message-ID: <20020407194114.GA21800@compsoc.man.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020407173343.GA18940@compsoc.man.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Url: http://www.movementarian.org/ X-Record: Bendik Singers - Afrotid X-Toppers: N/A X-Scanner: exiscan *16uIXP-0007QL-00*32bPFtgK2/Y* (Manchester Computing, University of Manchester) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:49:17PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Removing it in the -ac tree is a good way to stimulate discussion OK > fixing the code that relies on it (except for the 99% of code relying on it > which is cracker authored trojans) No doubt, but it's not much harder to look at nm vmlinux or System.map, so I don't see the security angle... I'd be happy to bear the brunt of users moaning at me because they now have to apply a kernel patch (and I have to maintain it ...), iff there was some strongly technical reason the code has to change. regards john -- "I never understood what's so hard about picking a unique first and last name - and not going beyond the 6 character limit." - Toon Moene - 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/