linux-kernel - Re: Stupid VFS name lookup interface..

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Date:	Tue, 28 May 2013 20:17:55 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: Stupid VFS name lookup interface..

On Sun, 26 May 2013 08:02:51 -0400, "Theodore Ts'o" said:

> Have any of the arguments over the proper security models changed over
> or have gotten resolved over the past six years, while I haven't been
> looking?

Doubtful, because the security models are addressing different threat
models.  If you can't agree on what you're trying to secure against,
there can be no agreement on how to do the securing.

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