Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:40:35 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_proc.c kern_prot.c uipc_socket.c uipc_usrreq.c src/sys/netinet raw_ip.c tcp_subr.c udp_usrreq.c Message-ID: <15300.34835.416990.972225@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpy9mjfq4z.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <200110092140.f99LeVA74145@freefall.freebsd.org> <xzp7ku3h6c8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <200110101522.f9AFM0S63283@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <xzpy9mjfq4z.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> > > > "Unprivileged processes may see subjects/objects with different real uid" > > > Would people mind a lot if this variable defaulted to 0? > > Hell yes. > > That's not a constructive response. > > To me, the ability of unprivileged users to obtain information about > other users' processes and sockets is > > a) unnecessary > b) a violation of privacy > c) a security risk > > Unless you can provide an argument showing that this is necessary to > the correct operation of a FreeBSD system, I'll simply ignore your > contribution to this discussion. You're breaking dozens of years of history and thus violating POLA. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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