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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:54:44 +0100
From:   John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>
To:     Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 7/8] Documentation: Add documentation for the Brute LSM
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On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:05:17PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> Okay but that means that the brute force attack can just continue
> because the attacked daemon will be respawned?
>
> You need some way to stop the respawning, otherwise the
> mitigation doesn't work for daemons.
>
I will work on your solution regarding respawned daemons (use wait*() to i=
nform
userspace that the offending processes killed by the mitigation exited due=
 to
this mitigation -> then the supervisor can adopt their own policy).

>
> -Andi
>

Thank you very much,
John Wood