Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: UID/GID mapping system | | From | Søren Hansen <> | | Date | Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:00:03 +0100 |
| |
fre, 2004-03-12 kl. 14:52 skrev Jesse Pollard: > > Let's just for a second assume that I'm the slow one here. Why is the > > world a less secure place after this system is incorporated into the > > kernel? > Because a rogue client will have access to every uid on the server.
As opposed to now when a rogue client is very well contained?
> Mapping provides a shield to protect the server.
A mapping system could provide extra security if implemented on the server. That's true. This is, however, not what I'm trying to do. This system is NOT a security related one (it doesn't increase nor decrease security), but rather a convenience related one.
-- Salu2, Søren.
- 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/
|  |