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AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:

Linux overlord Linus Torvalds has offered some very choice words about different approaches security, during a discussion about whitelisting features proposed for version 4.15 of the Linux kernel. Torvalds' ire was directed at open software aficionado and member of Google's Pixel security team Kees Cook, who he has previously accused of idiocy. Cook earned this round of shoutiness after he posted a request to “Please pull these hardened usercopy changes for v4.15-rc1.”

[...] Torvalds has long been unafraid to express himself in whatever language he chooses on the kernel and has earned criticism for allowing it to become a toxic workplace. He's shrugged off those accusations with an argument that his strong language is not personal, as he is defending Linux rather than criticising individuals. On this occasion his strong language is directed at a team and Cook's approach to security, rather than directly at Cook himself. It's still a nasty lot of language to have directed at anyone.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/20/security_people_are_morons_says_linus_torvalds/ [theregister.co.uk]

[Reference]: [GIT PULL] usercopy whitelisting for v4.15-rc1 [iu.edu]
[Linus' Response]: Re: [GIT PULL] usercopy whitelisting for v4.15-rc1 [iu.edu]

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