On Fri, 13 May 2005 16:23:17 -0500 Tom disseminated the following:
AND it's not just cdrecord either, it's any app that needs to make kernel calls that affect security.
So, this could affect things such as gaming as well? ie., 3D hardware
acceleration?
No, I believe that's why drivers like nVidia's an ATI's force a kernel taint (proprietary intrusion). 'Course then your left with a bugy insecure kernel and some other junk libs... but hell, you can play shoot'em up games!
Which is all you need 3d/accel for. So get a PlayStation ;)
...and IME, it does. To the point of making a few coasters, even with burnfree. Others have reported even more severe problems. See bugzilla #15955 http://qa.mandriva.com/wiki ]
The Bugzilla link seems to be dead...
It often is, tho I tested it just before pastin it in. It failed once, second try was successful but very slow. Anyhow it is the 'official' Mandriva wiki, besides devel bugzilla.
Basically the bug is not only are rr-scheduler an setpriority denied, but a CD can't be burned as user without failin entirely. Burning can't even finish without erroring out, usually I/O.
Anyhow, I'm not tryin' to start a big tussle, I'm just curious to see where all this is headed. In the end, I have a feeling someone will come up with a solution to this that satisfies both sides (ie. security vs. ease of use).
Ah, but there's those that also note, that if Linux was as desktop friendly as Win$ux, it would also become as vulnerable an fragile (BSOD, locks, freezes, involuntary or required reboots, security holes). IMO, if Linux was as easy as Winblows, it'd be even worse than Windoze.
Un*x is primarily a server / multi user platform. When M$ tries to match that, their offerings are even worse than their desktop crap. So it works both ways ;)
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Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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