Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:39:18 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon access scanning |
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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 -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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