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Fixing CAP_SETPCAP

Fixing CAP_SETPCAP

Posted Nov 4, 2007 4:10 UTC (Sun) by nlucas (subscriber, #33793)
In reply to: Fixing CAP_SETPCAP by giraffedata
Parent article: Fixing CAP_SETPCAP

The general use of CAP_SYS_ADMIN all around the kernel is what makes me doubt of any new
capability system extensions to what exists now.

I'm no security expert, but can't understand how they can overcame that without a major
overhaul all around the kernel code.

I see this new features as nice things to help secure a system, but this all seem just more
"hacks" around the fact there isn't any "grand scheme" for security well thought (I mean, in a
modern way, because we all know traditional UNIX security way is just obsolete).


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