[RFC] removing library NCI signatures from core

Jonathan Leto jaleto at gmail.com
Wed Feb 17 19:39:16 UTC 2010


Howdy,

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 8:29 AM, NotFound <julian.notfound at gmail.com> wrote:
>> As a middle-ground first step, howabout we break the non-necessary NCI
>> signatures into a dynlib in the repo. That way we still have them in
>> the repo if needed in the interim, we have a way to run tests on the
>> mechanism locally, and we prepare for the larger refactors that Peter
>> is suggesting.
>
> I like that idea. Even better, make it pluggable and selectable at
> runtime. This way will also allow to easily control or disable his
> usage in security arenas.

Since I seem to be the pumpking for PDD18 (security subsystem), I
would say that it is vital that we have the ability to disable NCI
totally, and perhaps even have finer-grained controls, if possible.

Duke



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