linux-kernel - Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

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Date:	Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:29:12 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Thomas Fricaccia <thomas_fricacci@...oo.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Crispin Cowan <crispin@...spincowan.com>,
	Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

Hi!

> > > The idea that poor security is worse than no security is fallacious,
> > > and not backed up by common experience.
> >
> > There is a ton of evidence both in computing and outside of it which
> > shows that poor security can be very much worse than no security at all.
> 
> (So, I take it that you *don't* lock your bike up, as poor security is
> worse than none?)

I do lock my bike with combination lock I found somewhere and cracked
in five minutes... sometimes.

But do you suggest that I use paper tape to 'lock' my bike to
streetlight? You just said that poor security is better than none,
right?

							Pavel
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