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Re: The Security Circus Continues

From Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux
Subject Re: The Security Circus Continues
Date 2024-09-18 22:08 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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In comp.os.linux.misc Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote:
>> The security circus continues... (what else can it do?)
>> 
>> Kernel 6.11 has added yet more security garbage:
>> 
>> SLAB_BUCKETS
> [snip]
>> Like who/what the fuck will ever attempt that on my personal
>> desktop workstation?
>> 
>> Just say "No."  Keep your fucking security hallucinations off
>> of my fucking machine.
> 
> Well it looks like you can say no. It's optional, so just build a
> kernel without it. Or try to talk your distro maintainer into
> disabling it in their build if you don't want to do that.
> 
> CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS
> https://www.kernelconfig.io/CONFIG_SLAB_BUCKETS?kernelversion=6.11&arch=x86

I'll predict that Lester has never, ever, even once, compiled a custom 
kernel for themself.

His randings sound an awful lot like a self-centered child "my way, my 
way, my way, wah, wah, wah".

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The Security Circus Continues Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> - 2024-09-18 10:32 +0000
  Re: The Security Circus Continues not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-09-19 07:33 +1000
    Re: The Security Circus Continues Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-09-18 22:08 +0000

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