Re: Howto read a file off disk?

From: Omen Wild (Omen.Wildat_private)
Date: Wed Jul 16 2003 - 13:59:14 PDT

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    Quoting Crispin Cowan <crispinat_private> on Wed, Jul 16 13:26:
    >
    > 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
    
    -- 
    To iterate is human, to recurse, divine.
    
    
    

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