Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966447Ab2JZU1f (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:27:35 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:38293 "EHLO mail-wi0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966399Ab2JZU1e (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:27:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <20121026185021.GA1960@www.outflux.net> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:27:12 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: U_z5QYUwX8gJTXpYNQtbTkO1mEY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] VFS: add config options to enable link restrictions To: Kees Cook Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Viro , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 925 Lines: 24 On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > > I'd like it to be the exception to turn it _off_, rather than the > exception to turn it on. Kees, you don't seem to understand. Breaking applications is unacceptable. End of story. It's broken them. Get over it. Distributions can turn it on with a security app. They already have it for selinux selection etc. That's where this makes sense. Then sysadmins can set it once (maybe it can default on there, at least for new installs), and be done with it. Your "IT HAS TO BE DONE AT BOOT TIME, THE SKY IS FALLING, NOTHING ELSE IS ACCEPTABLE!" ranting is a disease. Stop it. Linus -- 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/