Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Time to remove LSM (was Re: [RESEND][RFC][PATCH 2/7] implementation of LSM hooks) | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:06:23 -0400 |
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:24:24 +0200, Lars Marowsky-Bree said: > That is about the dumbest argument I've heard so far, sorry. With the > same argument, these people shouldn't be allowed to admin any computer > system and be given a broom to wipe the floor, and let the experts take > care of the world for them.
Anybody who's worked with a large community of actual end users will agree that most of them *shouldn't* be allowed to admin their computer.
> Now that's a perfectly reasonable line of thought, and I've most > certainly had it when it comes to HA and clusters myself, but in no > means is it a good reasoning against the _technology_. If it is simpler > to use, it will be simpler to use even for smart people, who can then > put more care into their security profiles instead of worrying about the > complexity.
I believe I stated quite clearly that there's certainly a place for tools that allow smart people to do this work. That's *totally* different from marketing the tool as "So simple, a chimpanzee could do it.". [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |