Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.

[David Newall]

Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> David Newall wrote:
>   
> > Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> >     
> > >  /dev needs to be writable, but this means that files on /dev might be
> > >  tampered with.
> > >       
> > I infer that you mean /dev needs to be writable by anyone, not by just 
> > its owner or owner and group (conventionally root/root.)  This goes 
> > against conventional wisdom, which is that /dev must be writable only by 
> > the administrator.  Why do you say otherwise?
> >     
> I didn't mean that "/dev is writable by everybody".
>   

Glad to hear it! :)

> I meant that "/dev must be mounted for read-write mode"
>   

Again, why?
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