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[snipping a bit to keep this succint] On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 03:51:02PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > > About: > > This project provides a kernel module which provides 3rd-party > > applications with an interface for file access control. It was > > originally developed for on-access virus scanning. Other uses include a > > "On access" seems to be exactly the wrong moment for a virus check - > that way you are getting the check delay at the worst moment, when > the user actually want to use the file. > > Consider doing virus checking on write only, viruses spread > only at that time. So, when I stick my nicely virus infected floppy/cdrom/etc into your machine, and your write-only virus scan gets disabled by my module patching virus... So, when I stick my nicely virus infected floppy/cdrom/etc into your machine, and your write-only virus scan gets disabled by the module the virus loads... -- Ryan Anderson sometimes Pug Majere - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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