> 2.a. If task A has sufficient capabilities to send signals to task B, then > task A is already in position to do anything it wants with task B, including > killing it outright.
Not entirely true. - We have securirty models like SELinux - We have namespaces and being able to send an fd between namespaces is not quite as flexible as you would make it I suspect therefore it needs security hooks but otherwise looks more sane than the current AF_UNIX approach. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/