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Date:      Wed, 19 Jul 2000 22:04:56 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, security-officer@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/linux linux_dummy.c linux_misc.c
Message-ID:  <39768878.3D899AC@cup.hp.com>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000720001526.77319D-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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Robert Watson wrote:

> Do you feel comfortable that this puts neither the kernel nor privileged
> userland applications at risk?  I.e., do we precisely emulate their
> semantics and avoid introducing new security problems?

No.

> If the answer to either of these questions is no, I'd like to see this
> backed out before the release.

If there's a shift in how we treat Linuxulator security issues, I'd like
it to be discussed first. If any of the security officers decides after
looking at the code that the implementation is too dangerous, I'll back
it out.

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
  mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org
  tel:  (408) 447-4222


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