linux-kernel - Re: [Security] [PATCH] kernel: make /proc/kallsyms mode 400 to reduce ease of attacking

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Date:	Sun, 7 Nov 2010 13:25:33 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>, security@...nel.org,
	mort@....com, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	fweisbec@...il.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jason.wessel@...driver.com,
	tj@...nel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [Security] [PATCH] kernel: make /proc/kallsyms mode 400 to
 reduce ease of attacking


* Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> wrote:

> > Why are you putting words in my mouth?
> 
> I'm not putting anything in your mouth Ingo :-)

To quote you:

  " you're making a special case of the security bug that you want to hide bugs from
    user-space by cheating on version. "

No, i did not say that i want to hide bugs from user-space by cheating on the 
version. Why are you claiming that i said that? Why are you putting words in my 
mouth?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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