Re: Basic questions about LSM architecture.

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On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 03:36:37PM +0000, rhys tucker wrote:
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> Does the 'Primary Security Module' refer to a particular and specialised
> security module or simply to the first security module to be loaded?

I don't see where the term "Primary Security Module" is used in the
documentation.  Could you point it out to me?

> Does LSM use the traditional LKM mechanism i.e. are security modules
> simply LKMs that interact with the LSM framework or are they something
> different? 

A LSM module uses the same kernel module mechanisms that all kernel
modules use through module_init() and  module_exit() calls.

thanks,

greg k-h

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