Messages in this thread | | | From | Perry Harrington <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [SECURITY] suid procs exec'd with bad 0,1,2 fds | Date | Tue, 4 Aug 1998 15:21:01 -0700 (PDT) |
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Personally, the question is this for me:
We're on a dev kernel right now, correct? (yes) Why do we have a dev kernel? (to add new features and "fix" things) Is it appropriate to try the stack patch in a dev kernel, or wait another year for 2.3? (stick it in with it as default, wait for the screams -- if they come, fix or non-default)
This is a very compelling feature in my mind, and adds a measure of credibility to Linux as an OS for mission critical use. Unfortunately I know a few ISP types that scoff at Linux because it's hackable, and their BSDI & FreeBSD is less hackable. (one's proprietary, the other has little userbase, go figure)
This feature would make a great press release!
> > To quote Linus - "Ostrich" 8) - Sun are doing the right thing. > > Remind me to build all my binaries to run in Solaris64 emulation mode (I > assume your emulation wont be broken right ?). > > I've run Linux boxes with the stack patch for months, I've helped design > commercial product using it. Its on some of the ISP boxes I run. > > Alan
-- Perry Harrington Linux rules all OSes. APSoft () email: perry@apsoft.com Think Blue. /\
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