Full Disclosure: Re: Linux kernel source archive vulnerable

[Schanulleke <schalulleke () gmail com>]

Chris Umphress wrote:
> > That assumes a proper umask. The kernel source should not depend on
> > the end user's umask being setup properly.
> Is it the kernel developers' fault if your umask is extremely lax for
> a normal user? If it is lax, security of the kernel source isn't your
> only problem.... Security in general is.
So what you say is.
If there is a fault in a system that you could mitigate by certain 
behaviour, then it is your own responcibility to take that behaviour and 
the fault should not be fix.

So if a car is designed with a steering wheel that punctures your chest 
if you get in a crash and you are not wearing a seatbelt, that is not a 
disgn flaw because you should wear a seatbelt?

Ever heard of defense in depth????

Schanulleke

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