State of the Kernel Self Protection Project

Posted Sep 3, 2016 15:49 UTC (Sat) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: State of the Kernel Self Protection Project by Lionel_Debroux
Parent article: State of the Kernel Self Protection Project

> The entry barrier for _significant_ security improvements to the mainline kernel - as opposed to e.g. KASLR, repeatedly shown to be easily defeatable - is very high.

True but the politics here is unhelpful. The developers involved are not exactly pleasant folks to work with.

to post comments

State of the Kernel Self Protection Project

Posted Sep 3, 2016 16:25 UTC (Sat) by spender (guest, #23067) [Link] (1 responses)

Are we talking about Linus and Greg KH?

-Brad

State of the Kernel Self Protection Project

Posted Sep 4, 2016 0:59 UTC (Sun) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

> Are we talking about Linus and Greg KH?

On either sides.