linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] Unprivileged: Disable raising of privileges

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Message-ID: <hhreao$r8k$1@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:55:52 +0000 (UTC)
From:	daw@...berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] Unprivileged: Disable raising of privileges

Alan Cox  wrote:
> I am just pointing out the dangers of continuing to blindly pursue that
> model without thinking about the bigger picture.

But people have been thinking about the bigger picture.
Indeed, that's the motivation for the patch proposed here.
I don't know why you think people have ignored the bigger picture.
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