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From: Gavin <gavin@××××.com>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Request for Consideration: Kernel Patch to Improve Security for Bind Mounts
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:40:20
Message-Id: 00f701c49206$f80235d0$0500a8c0@EPOX2
1 Thank you Gentooites for all your excellent feedback.
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3 On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 02:49:59PM +0100, Jonathan Sambrook wrote:
4 > What's the likelyhood/timeframe for this getting into mainline kernels?
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6 Chris replied:
7 >This patch? not at all. THe feature? Maybe this year, but as it'll need
8 >interface changes I'm not sure it's a good idea to do it in 2.6.
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10 Herbert replied:
11 > what interface changes are needed?
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13 I see only the one reply (above) from Chris:
14 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=109283485800007&r=1&w=2
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16 Herbert has said he doesn't want to "walk an empty mile", so,
17 it sounds like Chris has effectively killed Herbert's patch?
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19 I wonder why. Perhaps the answer lies hidden in the list archives,
20 or maybe in the kernel code ...
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22 Cheers,
23 Gavin
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