Linux "Lockdown" Patches Hit Their 40th Revision

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux "Lockdown" Patches Hit Their 40th Revision

The long-running Linux "Lockdown" patches were sent out again overnight for their 40th time but it remains to be seen if these security-oriented patches will be pulled in for the upcoming Linux 5.4 cycle...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Lockdown-V40

[tildearrow]

I'm pretty sure they'll take 100 revisions before getting it into mainline.

[Ross41]

I'm pretty sure they'll take 100 revisions before getting it into mainline.

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[RealNC]

for ensuring nothing nefarious could happen once booted into the operating system by bad actors.

"Bad actors" is going to be people who will try to use their own computers as if they own them 10 years from now when Windows will be locked down as tight as iOS where in practice you don't even own the device you paid for. This preliminary security work looks like it's the ground layer for Windows DRM security later down the line.