Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Dec 2008 01:51:42 +0100 | From | Enrico Weigelt <> | Subject | Re: scanner interface proposal was: [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on access scanning (fwd) |
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* Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > Fine. Why not just putting this into a userland filesystem ? > > 1. Performance
Does it really hurt so bad, compared with all actual AV stuff ? It has to go to userland anyway, in case you don't intend to put the scanner into the kernel ;-o
> 2. Networked file systems
What's the problem ? (btw: 9P already *IS* an network filesystem ;-P)
> 3. Ioctls
Ah, just forgot a while that this crap still exists ;-o
BUT: do the affected dirs have to contain devices ? Is there any point for pulling /dev through the AV scanner ?
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