Good Lockdown vs. Bad

Posted by bob on Aug 8, 2018 11:27 AM EDT
Linux Journal; By Zack Brown
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There's an ongoing series of skirmishes between corporations who want to sell products that users don't fully control and the kernel developers who want users to be the highest authority. Sometimes these skirmishes manifest in the form of security patches intended to lock down the kernel. Do they lock down the kernel against outside attackers? Or do they lock down the kernel against change from anyone at all, including the user who owns the device?

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