linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 05/10] audit: log creation and deletion of namespace instances

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Date:	Fri, 15 May 2015 16:26:41 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>
To:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc:	Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>,
	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-audit@...hat.com,
	eparis@...isplace.org, arozansk@...hat.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	serge@...lyn.com, zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 05/10] audit: log creation and deletion of namespace instances

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 08:48:55 PM Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 15/05/14, Steve Grubb wrote:
> > What they would want to know is what resources were assigned; if two
> > containers shared a resource, what resource and container was it shared
> > with; if two containers can communicate, we need to see or control
> > information flow when necessary; and we need to see termination and
> > release of resources.
>
> So, namespaces are a big part of this.  I understand how they are
> spawned and potentially shared.  I have a more vague idea about how
> cgroups contribute to this concept of a container.  So far, I have very
> little idea how seccomp contributes, but I assume that it will also need
> to be part of this tracking.

It doesn't, really.  We shouldn't worry about seccomp from a 
namespace/container auditing perspective.  The normal seccomp auditing should 
be sufficient for namespaces/containers.

-- 
paul moore
security @ redhat

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