Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 22:56:34 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Out of tree module using LSM
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On Sun 2007-12-02 16:09:55, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:22:40 +0100, Pavel Machek said:
> > Well, if you only want to detect viruses _sometimes_, you can just
> > LD_PRELOAD your scanner.
> 
> And for some use cases, that probably *is* the best answer..

I'd say so.

> > I guess the A/V people should describe what they are trying to do, as
> > in
> > 
> > "forbidden sequences of bits should never hit disk" or "forbidden
> > sequences of bits should be never read from disk"  or something...
> 
> We probably want to hear related usages as well - what *besides* A/V would be
> interested? Indexing services?  

Well... I'd really like to know what A/V people are trying to do.

Indexing services are really different, and doable with recursive
m-time Jan is preparing... 

> Software that tries to limit the
> distribution
> of sensitive info off the machine - for instance, imagine a rule that said
> "Data that comes from a file that contains SSNs or the string 'Corporate
> Secret' data isn't allowed to leave the computer" and a Perl-like 'taint'
> concept.  I'm not saying its *doable*, but it's certainly a goal that somebody
> would like to achieve...

That sounds like a task for SELinux, no?
									Pavel
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