linux-kernel - Re: HSM (was Re: [malware-list] TALPA

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Message-ID: <20080819121032.02632c09@riellaptop.surriel.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:10:32 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Jan Harkes <jaharkes@...cmu.edu>,
	"Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@...com>, peterz@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, malware-list@...ts.printk.net,
	hch@...radead.org, andi@...stfloor.org, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: HSM (was Re: [malware-list] TALPA - a threat model?  well
 sorta.)

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:14:16 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> wrote:

> On Mon 2008-08-18 12:43:39, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:33:13 +0100
> > Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > > I could probably buy that, but I don't know how an HSM would
> > > > work. Would we have everything we need at open for them to fire
> > > > off?
> > > > 
> > > > /me is HSM clueless and trying to include their needs is
> > > > proving a challenge.
> > > 
> > > So don't bother. Its a theoretical use for the most part so we can
> > > mangle the interface later. 
> > 
> > Think of a consumer HSM application: backup to rsync.net
> > or Amazon S3.
> > 
> > Instead of waiting for the whole backup to be restored,
> > you can start using the filesystem immediately.  The 
> > block-on-open hook can be used by the restore program
> > to fetch files from the remote backup site on an
> > as-needed basis, with a full restore going on in the
> > background.
> > 
> > If the block-on-open hook can be used for that (even
> > with additional magic, like creating empty HSM inodes
> > with a special attr to notify "the data lives elsewhere"),
> > HSM should be good.
> > 
> > The "data lives elsewhere" bit/xattr/whatever could also
> > be used on directories, so not even the whole directory
> > tree would have to be restored right on restore :)
> 
> But is this really needed to be cross-filesystem thing? I'd expect
> this to be implemented with FUSE, maybe FUSE+unionfs...

If you think FUSE+unionfs is a cleaner solution than one
hook in the VFS, I've got a bridge to sell you.
 
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