Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757509AbYLEPbi (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:31:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754688AbYLEPba (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:31:30 -0500 Received: from e33.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.151]:54952 "EHLO e33.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754589AbYLEPb3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:31:29 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:23:18 -0600 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" To: david safford Cc: James Morris , Christoph Hellwig , Mimi Zohar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Al Viro , Serge Hallyn , Mimi Zohar Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] integrity: Linux Integrity Module(LIM) Message-ID: <20081205152318.GD10037@us.ibm.com> References: <20081203123021.GA30035@infradead.org> <1228328323.2821.30.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20081203182300.GA31203@infradead.org> <1228342655.2821.64.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20081204130949.GA18196@infradead.org> <1228424014.3014.58.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1228481810.3005.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1228481810.3005.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1535 Lines: 34 Quoting david safford (safford@watson.ibm.com): > On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 12:42 +1100, James Morris wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, david safford wrote: > > > > > These hooks were for alternate integrity modules, and since > > > no one else has defended them, we have to agree that they > > > should be replaced with direct calls. > > > > If you know of other modules which are planned to be ported to this > > framework, merged upstream and supported, then this would be similar to > > the situation when LSM was initially developed. > > > > You've previously mentioned some active projects here: > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/11/17/362 > > > > Are there any definite commitments to push these upstream when the > > integrity framework is merged? > > All of the projects listed in that posting were ones depending on > IMA, with no requirements for alternate modules. I do hope that there > will be other integrity modules in addition to the TPM oriented IMA, > and I do know of several research projects in this space, but I don't > know if/when any of these are planning on submission. If others are > submitted, it would certainly be simple to add the hooks back in. Too bad the main trusted knoppix site appears to be dead. Was it actually making use of the templating api? -serge -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/