Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.

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Tetsuo Handa wrote:
 /dev needs to be writable, but this means that files on /dev might be
 tampered with.

I infer that you mean /dev needs to be writable by anyone, not by just its owner or owner and group (conventionally root/root.) This goes against conventional wisdom, which is that /dev must be writable only by the administrator. Why do you say otherwise?
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