Re: Linux 2.4.9-ac6

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:54:35 +0100 (BST)


> Well, now you have the same problem everyone else has with open source. You
> can't protect yourself from the user by changing the source code because the
> user has the source code. In any event, coding Linux to prevent the user

Oh thats never been a problem. I've never had trouble with people hacking
source and denying it, nor with helping them.

> I guess it's just sad that this is the issue. What stops someone from
> editing the taint lines out of the bug report? Are you going to have the
> kernel checksum them? *sigh*

The people using the Nvdriver and causing the problem don't have the skills
to do it.

Alan
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