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Date:	Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:32:14 -0700
From:	Crispin Cowan <crispin@...spincowan.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	casey@...aufler-ca.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Version 3 (2.6.23-rc8) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access
   Control Kernel

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Security, on the other hand, very much does depend on the circumstances 
> and the wishes of the users (or policy-makers). And if we had one module 
> that everybody would be happy with, I'd not make it pluggable either. But 
> as it is, we _know_ that's not the case. 
>   
And you claim you are not a security expert :-)

Crispin

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Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.               http://crispincowan.com/~crispin/
	       Itanium. Vista. GPLv3. Complexity at work

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