From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262112AbVAYUZv (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:25:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262110AbVAYUZv (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:25:51 -0500 Received: from dsl093-002-214.det1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.93.2.214]:12221 "EHLO pickle.fieldses.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262112AbVAYUZq (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:25:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:25:01 -0500 To: John Richard Moser Cc: dtor_core@ameritech.net, Linus Torvalds , Bill Davidsen , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Arjan van de Ven , Ingo Molnar , Christoph Hellwig , Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com, Greg KH , chrisw@osdl.org, Alan Cox , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: thoughts on kernel security issues Message-ID: <20050125202501.GA21764@fieldses.org> References: <1106157152.6310.171.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <200501191947.j0JJlf3j024206@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <41F6604B.4090905@tmr.com> <41F6816D.1020306@tmr.com> <41F68975.8010405@comcast.net> <41F691D6.8040803@comcast.net> <41F6A45D.1000804@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41F6A45D.1000804@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: "J. Bruce Fields" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 02:56:13PM -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: > In this context, it doesn't make sense to deploy a protection A or B > without the companion protection, which is what I meant. But breaking up the introduction of new code into logical steps is still helpful for people trying to understand the new code. Even if it's true that it's no use locking any door until they are all locked, there's still some value to allowing people to watch you lock each door individually. It's easier for them to understand what you're doing that way. --Bruce Fields