Hi. After a discussion with my colleagues today, I wondered about the following. The kernel evolves all the time. There will always be patches available for it; some will be integrated, but others will appear. Assume that, e.g., the IPSec functionality from FreeS/WAN would already be in the standard 2.4 kernel from which the LSM effort was started. Further assume that, were that the case, there would have been one or more LSM hooks in that IPSec code. Now, the reality is that IPSec is still a patch. If, as is the plan, LSM is integrated in the standard kernel, and if, later, the IPSec code were also to be merged in with new hooks, what would be the consequences: -- for existing object modules ? -- for existing source modules (simple recompilation, or more)? What will be the general instructions for producing patches that want to add new hooks? In other words, how will LSM evolve once it's in the standard kernel? What will be the issues? Thanks. Charles _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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