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Message-ID: <20200918145028.GA3229@ubuntu>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:50:28 +0200
From: John Wood <john.wood@....com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] security/fbfam: Add a Kconfig to enable the
 fbfam feature

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 03:05:18PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 08:40:06PM +0200, John Wood wrote:
> > > To jump on the bikeshed: how about just calling this
> > > FORK_BRUTE_FORCE_DETECTION or FORK_BRUTE, and the directory could be
> > > "brute", etc. "fbfam" doesn't tell anyone anything.
> >
> > Understood. But how about use the fbfam abbreviation in the code? Like as
> > function name prefix, struct name prefix, ... It would be better to use a
> > more descriptive name in this scenario? It is not clear to me.
>
> I don't feel too strongly, but I think having the CONFIG roughly match
> the directory name, roughly match the function prefixes should be best.
> Maybe call the directory and function prefix "brute"?

Thanks for the clarification.

> --
> Kees Cook

Regards,
John Wood

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