From: "Pedro Venda (SYSADM)" <pjvenda@rnl.ist.utl.pt>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] pid randomness
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:39:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41D064D5.1030900@rnl.ist.utl.pt> (raw)
hi everyone,
I don't know if this has been discussed before... but I'd like to ask
why isn't the pids randomized by default?
I mean, of course it's not required for normal functioning but it'd be
nice to have a Kconfig option to make it happen.
The (newbie) way I see it, it'd not be hard to do... generate pid, check
if it's unique, give pid to process. It could bring some minor security
enhancements while taking a slight performance hit (seek & compare
algorithm for used pids).
What are the pros and cons of this? What are your oppinions on this subjet?
regards,
pedro venda.
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Pedro João Lopes Venda
email: pjvenda@rnl.ist.utl.pt
http://maxwell.rnl.ist.utl.pt
Equipa de Administração de Sistemas
Rede das Novas Licenciaturas (RNL)
Instituto Superior Técnico
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next reply other threads:[~2004-12-27 19:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-27 19:39 Pedro Venda (SYSADM) [this message]
2004-12-27 19:47 ` Jan Engelhardt
2004-12-27 20:04 ` Pedro Venda (SYSADM)
2004-12-27 20:01 ` David Martin
2004-12-27 20:45 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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