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

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Message-ID: <20080814223918.GC6370@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:39:18 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	"Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@...com>
Cc:	tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, davecb@....com,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	malware-list@...ts.printk.net,
	Mihai Don??u <mdontu@...defender.com>
Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon
	access scanning

Hi!

> > Okay, so goal of libmalware.so is to "not allow data in the black list
> > to pass through Linux server". Threat model is windows machines trying
> > to copy infected files through the server. 
> 
> That's only part of the threat model.

Yes, that's the part libmalware.so proposal solves. Given scary number
of 0 Linux viruses in wild, it seems to solve the problem pretty well.

> > it actually _works_, 100% of time, for apps using it.
> 
> Again that's a big condition.

Yep, so... why don't you propose something better? I'm pretty sure
100% reliable scanning is impossible without modifying applications,
but hey, you can prove me wrong.
									Pavel
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