Re: [PATCH v2] kernel: Conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities

[Richard Weinberger]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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