Re: Updated auth patch for 2.4.12

From: Crispin Cowan (crispinat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 12:08:29 PDT

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    Greg KH wrote:
    
    >On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 11:46:07AM -0700, Crispin Cowan wrote:
    >
    >>This looks like Richard trying to make the hook authoritative. It was 
    >>widely agreed at the August BOF that we would switch to authoritative 
    >>hooks if SGI could overcome a few obstacles.
    >>
    >
    >I thought the proposal was "authorative if not specifically for audit".
    >
    No.  It was "authoritative if not too painful." There are cases where 
    truly authoritative is painful, because the in-kernel logic short 
    circiuts waaay early.  So it's "kinda authoritative as long as it 
    doesn't proliferate hooks".
    
    Crispin
    
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