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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Cc: malware-list@lists.printk.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on access scanning
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:35:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874p5y7tw0.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1217883616.27684.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> (Eric Paris's message of "Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:00:16 -0400")

Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> writes:

> 5. Fine-grained caching
> -----------------------
> It is necessary to select which filesystems can be safely cached and
> which must not be. For example it is not a good idea to allow caching of
> network filesystems because their content can be changed invisibly. Disk
> based and some virtual filesystems can be cached safely on the other
> hand.

Actually local disk file systems can be changed invisibly to the VFS too by 
directly writing to the block device. This does not change the
page cache, but the on disk copy and when a page is pruned from
RAM and reloaded VFS will see the new contents without knowing
about any change. How would you stop that in your
proposal? I assume you could always require a special LKM that
forbids block writes for anything mounted, but that has other problems 
too and one wuld need to be extremly careful of holes in
such a protection scheme (e.g. overlapping partitions) 

[haven't read the rest of the proposal]

-Andi


  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-08-06  2:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 220+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-04 21:00 [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on access scanning Eric Paris
2008-08-04 22:32 ` [malware-list] " Greg KH
2008-08-05  0:26   ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-08-05  0:47     ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05  0:54       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-08-05  5:49         ` Kyle Moffett
2008-08-05 12:32           ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 11:31         ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 14:06           ` Peter Zijlstra
2008-08-05 14:09             ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 17:58           ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-06  2:41         ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-06 18:04           ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-05  0:32   ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05  0:35     ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05  0:51     ` Greg KH
2008-08-05 11:23       ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 17:03         ` Greg KH
2008-08-05 18:56           ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 20:30             ` Greg KH
2008-08-06 18:49               ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06 21:02                 ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-06 21:28                   ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06 21:52                     ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-07 14:16                       ` Eric Paris
2008-08-07 21:55                         ` David Wagner
2008-08-08  2:06                         ` Rene Herman
2008-08-08  2:15                           ` Eric Paris
2008-08-08  2:55                             ` Rene Herman
2008-08-08 11:58                               ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-08 12:34                                 ` Rene Herman
2008-08-08 13:11                                   ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-08 13:43                                     ` Rene Herman
2008-08-05 11:25       ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 17:01         ` Greg KH
2008-08-05 20:36           ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 19:46       ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 20:15         ` Greg KH
2008-08-06  9:37           ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 15:25             ` Greg KH
2008-08-06 15:41               ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06 16:03               ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06  9:28         ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-05 14:41     ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface foron " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 14:56       ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 16:37         ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interfaceforon " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 17:19           ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 17:38             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-05 17:29               ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 18:02                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-05 20:12                   ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 20:41                     ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-05 18:04               ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 18:11                 ` Greg KH
2008-08-05 18:38                   ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 18:54                     ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-05 20:37                       ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 21:14                         ` Greg KH
2008-08-05 21:23                           ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforonaccess scanning Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 21:42                             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-05 21:44                             ` Greg KH
     [not found]                               ` <2629CC4E1D22A64593B02C43E855530303E21D47@USILMS12.ca.com>
2008-08-05 22:26                                 ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro toalinuxinterfaceforonaccess scanning Greg KH
2008-08-05 23:37                                   ` Al Viro
2008-08-05 23:48                                     ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 23:57                                       ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-06  0:11                                       ` Greg KH
2008-08-06  0:25                                         ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06  0:46                                           ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-06  1:44                                             ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-08 10:48                                               ` [malware-list] Threat model for Unix Computers Jörg Ostertag
2008-08-08 22:26                                                 ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-09  1:21                                                 ` david
2008-08-09  1:44                                                 ` Ulrich Drepper
2008-08-05 23:55                                 ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro toalinuxinterfaceforonaccess scanning Theodore Tso
2008-08-06 10:25                                   ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-05 21:45                             ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforonaccess scanning Al Viro
2008-08-05 20:18                     ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon access scanning Greg KH
2008-08-05 20:28                       ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 20:51                         ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 21:08                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-06  0:51                     ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon " Rik van Riel
2008-08-06 12:10                       ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-06 12:38                         ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-06 13:11                           ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-06 13:49                             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-06 13:55                               ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06 14:11                                 ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-06 14:20                                   ` Serge E. Hallyn
2008-08-06 13:57                             ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-06 11:31                               ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interfaceforon " David Collier-Brown
2008-08-06 23:20                                 ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-06 13:44                         ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon " Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-06 14:16                           ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 14:23                             ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-06 15:22                             ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-06 15:54                               ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-07  9:28                             ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-07 14:21                               ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-07 14:31                                 ` Eric Paris
2008-08-08  0:05                                   ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-08  5:17                                     ` James Morris
2008-08-06 15:08                         ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-06 15:33                           ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-06 15:46                             ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-06 16:12                               ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 16:25                                 ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-06 18:06                                   ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 20:17                   ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interfaceforon " Alan Cox
2008-08-06  9:24                   ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 15:24                     ` Greg KH
2008-08-05 18:27                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-05 18:34                   ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 18:38                     ` Greg KH
2008-08-05 20:15                       ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-05 20:26                         ` Greg KH
2008-08-06 10:05                           ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 10:50                             ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-06 11:07                               ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 11:26                                 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-07  0:49                                   ` Mihai Donțu
2008-08-07  4:39                                     ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-11 13:45                                       ` Mihai Donțu
2008-08-11 13:56                                         ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-11 16:11                                           ` David Collier-Brown
2008-08-11 21:18                                             ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-11 22:09                                               ` David Wagner
2008-08-12  7:32                                                 ` Alan Cox
2008-08-13 10:28                                               ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-13 10:46                                                 ` Press, Jonathan
2008-08-13 11:08                                                   ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-13 12:56                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-13 13:52                                                     ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-14 12:54                                                       ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-14 18:37                                                         ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon " Press, Jonathan
2008-08-14 22:39                                                           ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-15  0:00                                                             ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-15  0:43                                                               ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-15  1:02                                                                 ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-15  3:00                                                                 ` Eric Paris
2008-08-15  5:22                                                                   ` david
2008-08-15  5:33                                                                     ` david
2008-08-15  5:38                                                                       ` david
2008-08-17 22:14                                                                     ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-17 22:12                                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-17 22:47                                                                     ` david
2008-08-17 22:58                                                                       ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-17 23:24                                                                         ` david
2008-08-18  0:00                                                                         ` Casey Schaufler
2008-08-18  0:17                                                                           ` david
2008-08-18  0:31                                                                             ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-18  0:39                                                                               ` david
2008-08-18  0:42                                                                             ` Casey Schaufler
2008-08-18  0:07                                                                         ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-19 10:41                                                                           ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-15  8:35                                                                 ` Alan Cox
2008-08-15 11:35                                                                   ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-15 12:57                                                                     ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforonaccess scanning Press, Jonathan
2008-08-15 13:16                                                                       ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-15 13:22                                                                         ` douglas.leeder
2008-08-15 13:28                                                                           ` douglas.leeder
2008-08-15 13:55                                                                           ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-15 14:19                                                                             ` douglas.leeder
2008-08-15 15:42                                                                             ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-08-17 22:10                                                                   ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to alinuxinterfaceforon access scanning Pavel Machek
2008-08-13 13:58                                                     ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linuxinterfaceforon " Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-13 13:54                                                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-13 14:16                                                     ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-13 14:28                                                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-13 15:19                                                         ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-14 12:56                                                       ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-14 20:06                                                         ` Alan Cox
2008-08-14 22:35                                                           ` Pavel Machek
2008-08-11 21:53                                             ` David Wagner
2008-08-11 21:45                                               ` Alan Cox
2008-08-14 10:48                                               ` David Collier-Brown
2008-08-06 15:00                                 ` Theodore Tso
2008-08-06 15:17                             ` Greg KH
2008-08-06 15:22                               ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 20:38                         ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-05 20:54                           ` Eric Paris
2008-08-05 21:05                           ` Al Viro
2008-08-05 18:38                     ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interfaceforon " Arjan van de Ven
2008-08-05 18:39                   ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06  0:30                     ` Rik van Riel
2008-08-06  1:55                       ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06 11:40                     ` Sidebar to [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on " David Collier-Brown
2008-08-06  0:22                 ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interfaceforon " Rik van Riel
2008-08-06  0:53                   ` jmorris
2008-08-06  2:46       ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface foron " Andi Kleen
2008-08-06  8:39     ` [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro to a linux interface for on " tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-05 11:21   ` Helge Hafting
2008-08-05 17:04     ` Greg KH
2008-08-05  2:49 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-08-05  3:01   ` Cliffe
2008-08-05  3:44     ` Casey Schaufler
2008-08-05  3:45       ` Cliffe
2008-08-05 20:56       ` Paul Moore
2008-08-06  3:00         ` Casey Schaufler
2008-08-06 14:18           ` Paul Moore
2008-08-07  0:49             ` Casey Schaufler
2008-08-05  3:46     ` Greg KH
2008-08-05  3:58       ` Cliffe
2008-08-05 12:05         ` Peter Dolding
2008-08-05 12:22       ` Alan Cox
2008-08-05 18:08 ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-06  9:44   ` [malware-list] " tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 11:10     ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-06 11:29       ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 16:57         ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-05 22:55 ` J. Bruce Fields
2008-08-06 10:09   ` [malware-list] " tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06 22:24     ` David Wagner
2008-08-07  0:04       ` James Morris
2008-08-07 10:30         ` Alan Cox
2008-08-07 11:19       ` tvrtko.ursulin
2008-08-06  2:35 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-08-06  3:43   ` Eric Paris
2008-08-06  3:52     ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-06 22:04 ` David Wagner
2008-08-18 14:06 ` John Moser

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