Re: Proposal "LUID"

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 05:19:26 EST

On Sun, 16 Apr 2000 allbery@kf8nh.apk.net wrote:

> (Hint: luids are required by CCAP/C2 security *standards* for
> "trusted Unix". They aren't something Linux developers can rewrite to
> their own tastes; Linux will not be usable in CCAP/C2-compliant
> environments if the kernel doesn't track LUIDs as defined by CCAP/C2.)

So instead of chosing for security you'll be chosing for a
piece of paper?

I'd chose security over a piece of paper any day. I'm willing
to integrate sensible things from CCAP/C2, but I haven't seen
any convincing argument for LUID yet...

regards,

Rik 

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