Messages in this thread |  | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:41:54 +0200 | Subject | Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Iau, 2004-08-19 at 17:07, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Cdrtools is is code freeze state. This is why I say the best idea is to remove > > this interface change from the current Linux kernel and wait until there will > > be new cdrtools alpha for 2.02 releases. These alpha could get support for uid > > switching. If Linux then would again switch the changes on, it makes sense. > > While Sun did spend a year refusing to fix security holes I found - for > "compatibility reasons" - long ago back when I was a sysadmin at NTL, > the Linux world does not work that way.
Unless you tell us what kind of "security holes" you found _and_ when this has been, it looks like a meaningless remark.
Jörg
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