Re: Kernel Security Extensions USENIX BOF Summary

jmjonesat_private

I have been, quite correctly, informed my "monster large" replies 
are too big to get meaningful replies.  Ergo, I will pare down this
to the currently important question and try to be less verbose in the 
future...

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Emily Ratliff wrote:

> - one person (I didn't catch his name) expressed a strong need for a dummy
> module that exercises each hook to use in regression testing each new
> kernel. About half the audience seemed to agree, with the other half
> saying that the hooks that were interesting for active security modules
> would thrive and be tested against each new kernel version by default and
> that it would be ok if the other hooks died out.

LSMEXAMPLE (latest version coming SOON) is a mostly-dummy module.  Since I
have the basic structure of a module therein, could somebody please
provide a more detailed specification of what sorts of analyses would be 
useful?  I'll get it coded, if I can get a clue.

More generally, I think LMbench ROCKS, but there may be better ways to 
test LSM specifically.  Can I hear some specific ideas on this?  

lsm-benchmarksat_private [1]

is a "side list" for discussing technicalities before we bring the 
result here, but either here or there is fine for me.

Sincerely,
J. Melvin Jones

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