Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:44:44 +1100 (EST)
From: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Security: Implement disablenetwork semantics. (v4)
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Pavel Machek wrote:

> > > For the record: NAK, as it introduces security holes.
> > 
> > Please elaborate.
> 
> See the mailthread.

Yep, wading through several weeks of it..

> 
> Allows user to disable suid program's access to network. That bypasses
> audit, and will cause system-wide DoS if suid program decides to go
> daemon.

Ok.

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James Morris
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