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Possible, but apparently rarely worth the extra effort or complexity to think about.

The Unix ‘everything is a file’ has done well because it works pretty well.

It also isn’t generally a security issue, because it allows application of the natural and well developed things we use for files (ACLs, permissions, etc), without having to come up with some new bespoke idea, with all it’s associated gaps, unimplemented features, etc.

Hell, most people don’t even use posix ACLs, because they don’t need it.




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