Re: Secure-linux and standard kernel

Pawel S. Veselov (vps@phoenix.math.spbu.ru)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 13:07:51 +0400 (MSD)


Hello, Krzysztof!

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Krzysztof G. Baranowski wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Doug Elznic wrote:
>> How come the secure-linux patches are not incorporated into the standard
>> kernel? Are there any current plans to implement stronger security to the
>> standard kernel?
>Because some of them break unix standards, eg. symlinks behavour in
>+t directories etc.

Linux is not unix :)

Why this can be optional ? At least, people, that are using this patch
will be able to upgrade their kernels without waiting new patch version
is released.

Bye.

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