Re: Preview of changes to the Security susbystem for 2.6.36

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Christian Stroetmann (stroetmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> Aloha James, Aloha Kees;
> Ont the 02.08.2010 08:57,  Kees Cook wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 04:41:08PM +1000, James Morris wrote:
> >>On Sun, 1 Aug 2010, Kees Cook wrote:
> >>>Well, at least I'll have something for my summit presentation again.
> >>>
> >>>On the other hand, it's rather hard for me to defend against a private NAK.
> 
> A private NAK against a company's developer's OK
> Where is the difference private and company? I thought that it
> doesn't matter who and what a developer is, and where she/he comes
> from.

That's not what private means in this case.  A private nak is one made
in a private email, so that the list - and the submitter - can't see the
rationale.  It is problematic because it doesn't really allow the other
party to address the objection.

(No big deal - Christoph has since responded in public.)

-serge
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