Subject: Re: Preventative security features?
To: Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
List: tech-security
Date: 11/15/2004 11:41:16
On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 07:47:13PM -0500, Tim Kelly wrote:
> 
> OK. I offered a possible preventative security feature. You've shown
> reason to discard the the suggestion. I am actually conceding that this
> suggestion is not implementable,

Well done!  It's rare to see someone do this.

> not for obvious reasons, i.e., there's
> something wrong with my suggestion, but because as others have already
> communicated to me offline it will be impossible to get anyone to agree
> to reasonable partitioning themes (even if one is the very partitioning
> scheme you use).

Yep - it's a lot like what shell you use :)  One size does not fit all.

> 
> Now it is your turn to offer a possible preventative security feature.
> 

options VERIFIED_EXEC

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Brett Lymn