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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH v3] Unprivileged: Disable raising of privileges
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Alan Cox  wrote:
>Removing specific features from a specific piece of code
>generally isn't a security feature -

You lost me there. The ability of a specific piece of code to voluntarily
relinquish privileges can be a big benefit to security. It enables
privilege-separated software architectures, which are a powerful way to
reduce risk. That's the motivation for the disablenetwork proposal that
has stimulated all this discussion. I hope this is obvious? Does it
need elaboration?


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