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

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Date:   Sat, 12 Sep 2020 11:36:52 +0200
From:   John Wood <john.wood@....com>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        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 12:56:18AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> 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 tried to send the full patch serie by myself but my email got blocked. After
get support from my email provider it told to me that my account is young,
and due to its spam policie I am not allow, for now, to send a big amount
of mails in a short period. They also informed me that soon I will be able
to send more mails. The quantity increase with the age of the account.

I hope that for the next version all works as expected.
Apologies.

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

Thanks Kees for the re-send and review.

> --
> Kees Cook

Regards,
John Wood