linux-kernel - Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interfaceforon access scanning

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:38:45 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	"Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@...com>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	malware-list@...ts.printk.net,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux
	interfaceforon access scanning


A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:34:26PM -0400, Press, Jonathan wrote:
> You're right...I am not talking about blocking at all -- which may be a
> further indication that I am missing the specific point of this thread.
> 
> But be that as it may...  I don't want to have to use more than one
> interface to get all the events I am interested in.  I want to register
> as a client and listen, and get everything I need from the same place.

That's an implementation issue, not a requirement.  If it's a
requirement, it sure is a lazy one :)

> Also, it seems to me that for my purposes, close is discrete enough.  It
> tells me that there is now something out there that should be looked at.

So, if you hook glibc to catch all calls to close, is that sufficient?

thanks,

greg k-h
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