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Subject: Re: [PATCH ghak90 V8 07/16] audit: add contid support for signalling the audit daemon
Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:45:29 -0400
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On Friday, March 13, 2020 12:42:15 PM EDT Paul Moore wrote:
> > I think more and more, that more complete isolation is being done,
> > taking advantage of each type of namespace as they become available, but
> > I know a nuber of them didn't find it important yet to use IPC, PID or
> > user namespaces which would be the only namespaces I can think of that
> > would provide that isolation.
> > 
> > It isn't entirely clear to me which side you fall on this issue, Paul.
> 
> That's mostly because I was hoping for some clarification in the
> discussion, especially the relevant certification requirements, but it
> looks like there is still plenty of room for interpretation there (as
> usual).  I'd much rather us arrive at decisions based on requirements
> and not gut feelings, which is where I think we are at right now.

Certification rquirements are that we need the identity of anyone attempting 
to modify the audit configuration including shutting it down.

-Steve