Re: [PATCH 03/11] Creation of "usb_device_auth" LSM hook

From: Salvatore Mesoraca
Date: Tue Jun 13 2017 - 03:47:39 EST


2017-06-12 19:35 GMT+02:00 Krzysztof Opasiak <k.opasiak@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Could you please explain me why we need LSM for this?
>
> There are tools like usbguard[1] and as far as I can tell it looks like they
> can do everything for you...

I have to admit that this is the first time I read about usbguard and it made
me realize that this feature can be implemented in userspace, so no need
to modify the kernel. :)
You are right.

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer me.