Re: Determing the difference between path_walk and chdir ?

From: richard offer (offerat_private)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 07:05:58 PDT

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    * On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, richard offer wrote:
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    *> I don't want to keep shadow state to emulate what the kernel is doing, I
    *> just want to record the directory/file that has been passed to
    *> sys_chdir() for audit.
    *> 
    *> Without adding a bunch of new hooks (which is what we initally proposed)
    *> we're limited to (effectively) multiplexing a lot through permission()
    *> (and a bunch of other "super hooks", ie setattr() )
    * 
    * Isn't audit deferred until a later phase of LSM?
    
    Explicit support for audit has been "postponed" until phase 2. CAPP audit
    is required for all of our security products, therefore we have to cobble
    something together now, even given the limited audit-friendly feature set
    of phase 1.
    
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    * Stephen D. Smalley, NAI Labs
    * ssmalleyat_private
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    richard.
    
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