linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/22] Introduce credential record

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Date:	Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:18:01 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, viro@....linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org,
	Trond.Myklebust@...app.com, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/22] Introduce credential record

Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:

> They are nonetheless in effect and (heaven forbid) should they be
> abused you don't want to hide the facts from concerned observers.

Because, I suspect, what the observer through /proc should see is what the
process thinks it is doing, not what is transparently going on behind the
scenes.

David
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