linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][RFC PATCH 0/6] Fork brute force attack mitigation (fbfam)

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Date:   Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:56:18 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, John Wood <john.wood@....com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Iurii Zaikin <yzaikin@...gle.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][RFC PATCH 0/6] Fork brute force attack mitigation
 (fbfam)

On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 10:03:23AM +1000, James Morris wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2020, Kees Cook wrote:
> 
> > [kees: re-sending this series on behalf of John Wood <john.wood@....com>
> >  also visible at https://github.com/johwood/linux fbfam]
> > 
> > From: John Wood <john.wood@....com>
> 
> Why are you resending this? The author of the code needs to be able to 
> send and receive emails directly as part of development and maintenance.

I wanted to flush it from my "review" TODO list, mainly.

-- 
Kees Cook