-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Al Viro wrote:
> Exactly. Put it another way, randomizer is a stress-tester.
... and a security mechanism. And as such it is only useful if it is
used. Probably it should be policy-controlled whether you can turn it off.
> Note that
> #define NR_FILES <some constant>
>
> for (i = 0; i < NR_FILES; i++)
> close(i);
You're confusing the problems. This is not the argument for having a
separate file descriptor set. It is the argument to have hidden file
descriptors. Randomization has nothing whatsoever to do with this example.
- --
➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQFGagAg2ijCOnn/RHQRAhV+AJ9qT2epTxDWWS++74f+vrV3NucVHACdGkxm
MULoyE+0NY7dSHcB2epKe7w=
=o3+1
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
