Re: [PATCH v2] Restrict unprivileged access to kernel syslog

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK by me, apart from ...
> 
> a) I'd question the need for the config option.  Are distros really
>    so lame that they can't trust themselves to poke a number into
>    procfs at boot time?

When it comes to security i personally prefer 'permanent' defaults that is a 
property of the booting image. I'd even change the default for the x86 defconfig for 
example - and we could make this option default-y in the future. (We cannot ever 
make the sysctl default itself default-1, it would break compatibility with old 
behavior.)

> b) we have "dmesg_restrict" and "CONFIG_RESTRICT_DMESG".  Less
>    dyslexia, please.

Good point. CONFIG_DMESG_RESTRICT is the proper hierarchical naming i suspect.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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