On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:44:48 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:43:32 GMT, Pavel Machek said: > > > So what you are trying to do is 'application may never read bad > > sequence of bits from disk', right? > > No, in many of the use cases, we're trying to do "if application > reads certain specified sequences of bits from disk we know about > it", which is subtly different. Often, *absolute* prevention isn't > required, as long as we can generate audit trails and/or alerts...
.. which breaks down if/when glibc uses mmap() to implement the fopen/fread etc interface (note: it already does, just not quite yet by default) -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use [EMAIL PROTECTED] For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
