On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/27/2010 02:42 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: >> I'm aware of that information. >> >> Well, it seems that I was not clear enough in my statement. >> > > There is no lack of clarity. When people refer to sudo remembering > passwords, they are certainly referring to the functionality and not the > implementation details (which most people don't know and dont want to > know). While you might argue that the terminology is incorrect and you > are technically right, I don't see much of a gain in being nit picky > about it. If you think you can expoud on the implementation details and > get everyone to use a different terminology, I am afraid you are going > to end up being very frustrated. The boat has sailed on that long back. > > Rahul I disagree. Nit picking details in this industry is essential for progress and understanding. Defending flawed terminology that imply security holes when they don't exist is foolish. I would like to thank Mike for his explanations, I for one have learnt something today. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
