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Re: [opensuse] Call for Testing: openSUSE 10.2 Bootloader Test
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:03:45 +0200
- Message-id: <m3odlsv5um.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
"Alexey Eremenko" <al4321@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS
> This feature is really important for the Virtualization software
> around ! (and therefore for me)
>
> Why did it get removed from 10.2 ? I have heard of "security reasons",
> now I don't believe this, since if it were security, it would not be
> re-introduced into 10.3, so more specifically - why it was removed ?
Read bugzilla. It was indeed removed for security reasons and also
because an alternative interface is available that has no security
problems - but since it's not mounted by default, the admin can decide
on his/her own whether this is a security concern or whether s/he needs
it for VMware,
Andreas
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Andreas Jaeger, aj@xxxxxxx, http://www.suse.de/~aj/
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
>> CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS
> This feature is really important for the Virtualization software
> around ! (and therefore for me)
>
> Why did it get removed from 10.2 ? I have heard of "security reasons",
> now I don't believe this, since if it were security, it would not be
> re-introduced into 10.3, so more specifically - why it was removed ?
Read bugzilla. It was indeed removed for security reasons and also
because an alternative interface is available that has no security
problems - but since it's not mounted by default, the admin can decide
on his/her own whether this is a security concern or whether s/he needs
it for VMware,
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger, aj@xxxxxxx, http://www.suse.de/~aj/
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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