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DateWed, 28 Apr 2004 06:27:42 +0200
FromJurriaan <>
SubjectRe: What does tainting actually mean?
From: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 02:00:35PM +1000
> Hi all.
> 
> I'm probably going to regret this, but seeing the current discussion on  
> binary modules makes me wonder:
> 
> What does tainting actually mean?
> 
It means you can never be sure the bug is _not_ in some binary module.
It may be unprobable, you may be able to find a bug in the kernel, but
you're never _sure_.

Jurriaan
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