From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18C0CB93 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx2.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A365110D for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:03:47 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:48:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: James Morris In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Emily Ratliff , ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] Kernel Hardening List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , [ resending with proper list-member From: sorry for duplicates to those directly CCed ] On Mon, 24 Aug 2015, James Morris wrote: > I'd recommend Kees Cook be involved, due to his existing efforts in > kernel hardening. I think it would be good to invite one or two expert > security researchers in this area -- Kees would know who. In terms of > core kernel folk, I'd suggest Ingo and akpm, as a starting point. I am pretty sure spender will also have a lot to tell us :p This is partially sarcasm (due to his often vocally expressed opinions about our processess (and even code) with respect to security) and partially meant seriously (there is always a possibility that at least some misunderstandings will be clarified and we'll get closer to convergency of the trees). As a very long time grsecurity user, I'd definitely be interested. -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs