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

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Message-ID: <20080806122500.538c3fc6@cuia.bos.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:25:00 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@...com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	malware-list@...ts.printk.net, Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon
 access scanning

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:12:56 +0100
tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com wrote:
> Rik van Riel wrote on 06/08/2008 16:46:04:

> > More importantly, getting info on which bytes in a file changed
> > will also help backup programs and disk indexing programs.
> 
> True, but Nick mentioned some huge issues with access after close and 
> munmap in one of your previous postings. It sounds to me that would be a 
> huge VM/filesystem work to actually enable things like this.

A universally useful large change is often easier to get into
the Linux kernel than a single-purpose hack.

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