Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:53:06 +0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/14] EVM | From | Shaz <> |
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> Yes, verifying one file containing the hashes would be faster than > verifying individual hashes stored as extended attributes (xattrs), but > this does not take into account that files on a running system are being > modified or added. On a small form factor, the number of files is > limited, but would this scale well? In addition, what protects that one > file containing all the hashes from being modified? So, if you limit
How about sealing to protect this file?
> the types of files to those that don't change, and the number of file > hashes, then using a single file would be faster.
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