Re: scanner interface proposal was: [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on access scanning (fwd)

From: Enrico Weigelt
Date: Sun Nov 23 2008 - 17:46:55 EST


* david@xxxxxxx <david@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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Hi folks,

I've just battled through the tons of text in this thread and
really wonder why this is a kernel issue at all.

You want to keep track if certain files are changed ?
Any you want to block/delay access to unchecked or
considered-malicous files ?

Fine. Why not just putting this into a userland filesystem ?
Coding an 9P server is quite trivial. So why messing up the
kernel with stuff clearly belonging into userland ? ;-o


cu
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