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SubjectRe: [PATCH] VFS: add config options to enable link restrictions
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'd like it to be the exception to turn it _off_, rather than the
>> exception to turn it on.
>
> Kees, you don't seem to understand.
>
> Breaking applications is unacceptable. End of story. It's broken them.
> Get over it.

No, I get that. I've been over it. I can handle it being off by
default. I just want there to be a way to make it enabled at build
time. I'll explore some other options; it's sensible to tie it to
other settings/things that are security-sensitive.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security


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