On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:56:14PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Josh Triplett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > *Today*, Linux is a challenging choice for a tiny embedded system.
> > We're trying to fix that.
>
> Can you please more specific about the embedded systems exactly you're
> talking about?
>
> I find this patch rather controversial as it removes a lot of security.
> Embedded systems *are* a target for all kind of attacks.
> Misguided embedded engineers will abuse this feature and produce even more
> weak targets.
Without this patch, those same engineers would simply run everything as
root. "Make a foolproof system, and they will invent a better fool". ;-)
Thanx, Paul
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