From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] sudo in kernel config ?
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:15:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100912001534.1aa08a3f@scooter.muppet.show> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201009120006.04377.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org>
On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:06:04 +0100 Peter Humphrey
<peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> wrote:
> On Saturday 11 September 2010 23:03:14 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
>
> > Makes sense?
>
> Not convinced. Sorry.
The Merriam-Webster gives this definition of "potential":
"existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality"
which is exactly what I meant in my original post. I linked a document (if
you read that), and the exploit described there could happen only if one
installed the kernel sources downloaded from kernel.org. Hence the
"potential" in the above meaning: if one did not use those sources,
there was no risk for that specific exploit.
But since you're not convinced, now it would be nice, for my own education,
and perhaps someone else's, that you elaborated a bit more. What exactly do
you find non convincing in that usage of the adjective? How would you
express the concept better?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-11 23:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-11 8:24 [gentoo-user] sudo in kernel config ? Stéphane Guedon
2010-09-11 9:46 ` Albert Hopkins
2010-09-11 10:41 ` Stéphane Guedon
2010-09-11 13:43 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-09-11 15:53 ` Albert Hopkins
2010-09-11 20:18 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-09-11 20:34 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2010-09-11 20:51 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-09-11 21:05 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-09-12 8:14 ` Stéphane Guedon
2010-09-11 20:35 ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2010-09-11 20:28 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
2010-09-11 20:49 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-09-11 22:05 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-09-11 22:03 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
2010-09-11 23:06 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-09-11 23:15 ` Etaoin Shrdlu [this message]
2010-09-12 9:16 ` [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] " Peter Humphrey
2010-09-12 10:24 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
2010-09-12 16:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Al
2010-09-11 20:42 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2010-09-11 20:49 ` Dale
2010-09-11 21:01 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2010-09-11 21:30 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-09-11 21:47 ` Dale
2010-09-11 23:17 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-09-12 16:59 ` walt
2010-09-11 17:59 ` Nikos Chantziaras
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