Re: Howto read a file off disk?

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Omen.Wildat_private

Quoting Crispin Cowan <crispinat_private> on Wed, Jul 16 13:26:
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> Intriguing. What does putting this functionality in the kernel provide 
> that user-space versions do not?

Two things.  

First, it allows tampered files to be caught in real time.  If someone
hacked a system and copied in a modified binary (ls, ps, netstat,
etc.), it would be caught the next time the file is executed.  The
kernel can print a big fat warning, deny access to the file, or even
shut the system down.

Second, it's a part of a bigger project that we're not ready to
announce yet, sorry.

Omen

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