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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/7] procfs privacy: /proc/config.gz
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro wrote:

> This patch changes the permissions of the procfs entry config.gz, thus,
> non-root users are restricted from accessing it.

Why?

What is the security benefit of doing this ?

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Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
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