On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 09:31:24 +0200, Peter Busser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> And another is that performance is more important than security in the Linux > world. Even though most servers and desktops are more than 90% idle and CPU > cycles have never been so cheap. Still, it seems that none of this wealth > should be spent to improve security somewhat. I'd like to know where you get the funding to have all your servers at 90% idle. Most of us have servers where 90% busy is the normal condition. Other than that, Peter is pretty much on target - although I'm not sure if the RedHat issue with "NIH" patches is really that, or a question of intrusive code in the kernel (I'd have to look at both patches - the RedHat one was pretty intrusive, but looked like low-overhead at run time once the gcc and ld hooks were incorporated to handle auto-flagging of trampolines...)
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