From: "Peter Dolding" <oiaohm@gmail.com>
To: "Jörg Ostertag" <Joerg.Ostertag@avira.com>
Cc: "Theodore Tso" <tytso@mit.edu>, "Rik van Riel" <riel@redhat.com>,
"Eric Paris" <eparis@redhat.com>, "Greg KH" <greg@kroah.com>,
"Al Viro" <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
"Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@ca.com>,
"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, malware-list@lists.printk.net,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [malware-list] Threat model for Unix Computers
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 08:26:37 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e7d8f83e0808081526v1ed1a79by590b62aead222a85@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200808081248.55590.Joerg.Ostertag@avira.com>
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Jörg Ostertag <Joerg.Ostertag@avira.com> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 6. August 2008 03:44 schrieb Theodore Tso:
>> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 08:46:00PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> ...
>
> I'm trying to fill in some other thread models, not all directly related to
> virus-scanning, but if we want to get a complete anti-threat model for linux,
> we should take them into account too.
> In addition I'll add some usage scenarios for later extracting some threat
> scenarios ...
>
> Desktop-Users:
> ----------------------
>> The Linux Desktop (where clueless users may be tricked into
>> running malware).
>
> I would add the chance of users exporting there locally stored Files via CIFS,
> SMB, http, ... for accessing them with there beloveled streaming clients.
>
> Speaking of exporting Files from a Desktop PC we should also take in account
> File-Sharing clients.
>
> Some more examples of a Desktop Users desire would be:
> - copying Files to/from there PDA (BT,USB,WLAN)
> - sharing internet connection with there PDA (BT,USB,WLAN)
>
> Another threads would be:
> - giving access to the Desktop-PC to guest-users for
> "just let me look up something in the internet"
> and the guest-user on the Desktop not informing about the (in his point of
> view) urgent installation of there beloved
> Browser-malware^H^H^H^H^H -adware ^H^H^H^H^H -extention
>
> For all the Files stored on the Desktop PC we should also take in account,
> that the paranoid Desktop user would store them inside a crypted
> device/container. Some examples would be: truecrypt-container/-partition,
> External crypted Harddrive, ...
>
> ... speaking of storing Files I would expect even Desktop Homeusers to store
> there Files on a local mini Fileserver (like a Fritz-Box, NSLU2, ...) to
> share them with other devices like Multimedia players, ...
>
> Notebook-Users:
> ------------------------
> And then we have the Linux Notebook users. I separate these from the Desktop
> users, because they will have most of the Scenarios for Desktop users plus
> some additional treats.
> - Connecting to random accesspoints (Airports, Hotels, ...)
> - Exporting there Wireless (BT,WLAN,UMTS, ...) to random people. Sometimes
> willingly, sometimes unwillingly
> - leaving there Notebooks unattended
> - without Bios password
> - without HDD-encrytion
> - without Boot-Manager Password
> - without screenlock
> - ...
>
> Linux Desktops in public places:
> --------------------------------------------
> I'm thinking of Linux Desktop PCs in places like Internet-Cafe,
> Public-Library, School, ...
> These would be similar to the Standard Linux Desktop but adding some
> additional threats.
> - willingly trying to attack the PC with physical access to
> - CD-Rom
> - USB-Devices
> USB-Stick
> Card Reader
> - Network cable
> - Floppy drive (if still existing)
> - Reset Button
>
>
>> The Linux File Server (where it is *highly* unlikely to have
>> active running malware, since there are no clueless
>> users running on said file server), but where malware
>> may be stored and read over CIFS, NFS, etc.
>
> Maybe it "was" unlikely, but you can see more and more
> (Now-)Unix-administrators originally used to other operating systems and with
> a different view to security. So it would be nice if we would be able to
> protect these users/admins/installations too.
>
> Mail-Proxy:
> --------------
>> The Linux Mail server is really a restricted case of the Linux
>> Fileserver; where the only way in is SMTP, and the
>> only protocol out is IMAP/POP.
>
> I would add SMTP for the outgoing channel too.
>
>
> Web-Proxy:
> ----------------
> Only to complete the list:
> The Linux Web Proxy is another example of a Linux Server.
> The way in would be http traffic (mostly over port
> 80 and 443) and the way out will be either over a shared
> proxy port or offered transparent if the Linux machine is used
> as router.
>
> In my opinion all good webproxies with scanner already provide a pretty good
> solution here.
>
>
Software Conflits
------------------------
Anti-virus Software conflicting with other secuirty software. This is
a design issue on Windows and some of the hooks different companies
have tried to develop for the Linux world.
Linux systems can have HIDS and other non anti-virus monitoring
software. On windows realtime scanning can be crippled if you
install 2 anti-viruses at a time due to stuffing up each others hooks.
We need to avoid this on Linux. There is more that will want to
monitor the same things as a Antivirus on Linux looking for different
kinds of problems. Yes the first platform where 1 alone running does
not cut it.
Peter Dolding
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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 [this message]
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
2008-08-06 3:43 ` Eric Paris
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