Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:04:39 +0000 | From | "Pedro Venda (SYSADM)" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] pid randomness |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>I don't know if this has been discussed before... but I'd like to ask why isn't >>the pids randomized by default? >>What are the pros and cons of this? What are your oppinions on this subjet? > > > Why would _you_ need it?
It's a simple security measure that I think is easy to implement.
I'd agree that it's not there because of the golden rule: "keep it simple", but I'd also like to know if that's really the reason it's not there.
and yes, I know there are some patch sets that already implement this.
regards, pedro venda. -- Pedro João Lopes Venda email: pjvenda@rnl.ist.utl.pt http://maxwell.rnl.ist.utl.pt
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