linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/security-bugs: Explain why plain text is preferred

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:45:23 +0200
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        security@...nel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/security-bugs: Explain why plain text is
 preferred

On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 09:42:56PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> 
> Hopefully "plain text" implies unencrypted as much as it does "not html".

I would have liked "(i.e. not html)" to be added after "plain text", but
I figured that those who do that often don't even know what this means
so that will probably not help them avoid their messages being stored
into a spambox :-/

Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>

Willy