From: John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] security/fbfam: Add a Kconfig to enable the fbfam feature
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:50:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200918145028.GA3229@ubuntu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202009171504.841FA53@keescook>
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 03:05:18PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 08:40:06PM +0200, John Wood wrote:
> > > To jump on the bikeshed: how about just calling this
> > > FORK_BRUTE_FORCE_DETECTION or FORK_BRUTE, and the directory could be
> > > "brute", etc. "fbfam" doesn't tell anyone anything.
> >
> > Understood. But how about use the fbfam abbreviation in the code? Like as
> > function name prefix, struct name prefix, ... It would be better to use a
> > more descriptive name in this scenario? It is not clear to me.
>
> I don't feel too strongly, but I think having the CONFIG roughly match
> the directory name, roughly match the function prefixes should be best.
> Maybe call the directory and function prefix "brute"?
Thanks for the clarification.
> --
> Kees Cook
Regards,
John Wood
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-18 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-10 20:21 [RESEND][RFC PATCH 0/6] Fork brute force attack mitigation (fbfam) Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] security/fbfam: Add a Kconfig to enable the fbfam feature Kees Cook
2020-09-10 21:21 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 21:21 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-17 17:32 ` John Wood
2020-09-10 23:18 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-17 18:40 ` John Wood
2020-09-17 22:05 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-18 14:50 ` John Wood [this message]
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] security/fbfam: Add the api to manage statistics Kees Cook
2020-09-10 23:23 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] security/fbfam: Use " Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:27 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 20:27 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 23:33 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-29 23:47 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-09-29 23:49 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-10-03 9:52 ` John Wood
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] security/fbfam: Add a new sysctl to control the crashing rate threshold Kees Cook
2020-09-10 23:14 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-13 14:33 ` John Wood
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] security/fbfam: Detect a fork brute force attack Kees Cook
2020-09-10 21:10 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 21:10 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-13 17:54 ` John Wood
2020-09-14 19:42 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-14 19:42 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-15 18:44 ` John Wood
2020-09-10 23:49 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-11 0:01 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-11 0:01 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-13 16:56 ` John Wood
2020-09-14 19:39 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-14 19:39 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-15 17:36 ` John Wood
2020-09-12 0:47 ` kernel test robot
2020-09-10 20:21 ` [RFC PATCH 6/6] security/fbfam: Mitigate " Kees Cook
2020-09-10 20:55 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 20:55 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 23:56 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-11 0:20 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-11 0:20 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-18 16:02 ` John Wood
2020-09-18 21:35 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-19 8:01 ` John Wood
2020-09-10 20:39 ` [RESEND][RFC PATCH 0/6] Fork brute force attack mitigation (fbfam) Jann Horn
2020-09-10 20:39 ` Jann Horn
2020-09-10 23:58 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-11 14:48 ` John Wood
2020-09-12 7:55 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-12 12:24 ` John Wood
2020-09-12 0:03 ` James Morris
2020-09-12 7:56 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-12 9:36 ` John Wood
2020-09-12 14:47 ` Mel Gorman
2020-09-12 20:48 ` Ondrej Mosnacek
2020-09-12 20:48 ` Ondrej Mosnacek
2020-09-13 7:24 ` John Wood
2020-09-13 7:24 ` John Wood
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