BSD-style securelevel comes to Linux

BSD-style securelevel comes to Linux — again

Posted Sep 11, 2013 23:01 UTC (Wed) by geofft (subscriber, #59789)
In reply to: BSD-style securelevel comes to Linux — again by Cyberax
Parent article: BSD-style securelevel comes to Linux — again

Yes, but now you took an OS where you could plug in a flashdrive and have it work, changed hardware, and now that no longer works without modifications to userspace. By making USB3 a separate capability, you've broken userspace.

(Or so goes the argument against adding a new Linux-style capability for Secure Boot.)

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BSD-style securelevel comes to Linux — again

Posted Sep 11, 2013 23:13 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Sure, but these modifications will be confined to policies. End-user programs won't have to be modified in any way.