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Re: [SIGS-L3GO] Reminder of L3GO meeting this evening.

  • Subject: Re: [SIGS-L3GO] Reminder of L3GO meeting this evening.
  • From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:39:32 -0500
On 2017-11-15 19:08, Alex Pilon wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:11:03AM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > > I'm Sorry to bail after I've indicated I was going.  I've had
> > > > something come up with relatives in town, so I won't be there.
> 
> > On 2017-11-14 10:59, Alex Pilon wrote:
> > > So cancel unless anybody responds before 16:00??? not that they often do.
> 
> > Yes, pretty much.  Sorry to get your hopes up!
> 
> I hope nobody went??? though you'd probably have piped up already.
> 
> You missed the chance to talk about the ones that matter in this list:

Oh yeah, forgot about these.  :-D    There's another patch that went with the
top one that didn't make it in even though it has been discussed upstream for 6
months due to a *very* last minute objection from the userspace maintainer (2
days before merge).

>     42d5e37654e4 audit: filter PATH records keyed on filesystem magic
>     dbbbe1105ea6 capabilities: audit log other surprising conditions
>     588fb2c7e294 capabilities: fix logic for effective root or real root
>     c0d1adefe0a3 capabilities: invert logic for clarity
>     02ebbaf48cf2 capabilities: remove a layer of conditional logic
>     9fbc2c79644a capabilities: move audit log decision to function
>     81a6a012996b capabilities: use intuitive names for id changes
>     9304b46c912d capabilities: use root_priveleged inline to clarify logic
>     fc7eadf768a3 capabilities: rename has_cap to has_fcap
>     4c7e715fc87b capabilities: intuitive names for cap gain status
>     db1a8922cf3f capabilities: factor out cap_bprm_set_creds privileged root
>     19128341d6ca selinux: remove AVC init audit log message
> 
> or the concepts behind this for people who aren't familiar with them.
> Could talk about the state of security in the Linux kernel.
> 
> Oh well, gives you a few release candidates to make sure your work's
> alright!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex Pilon



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