Re: [AppArmor 01/41] Pass struct vfsmount to the inode_create LSM hook

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Fri Jun 01 2007 - 13:44:52 EST


On Thu, 24 May 2007 14:47:27 -0000, Pavel Machek said:
> Yes, if there's significantly more remote bad guys than local bad
> guys, and if remote bad guys can't just get some local user first, AA
> still has some value.

Experience over on the Windows side of the fence indicates that "remote bad
guys get some local user first" is a *MAJOR* part of the current real-world
threat model - the vast majority of successful attacks on end-user boxes these
days start off with either "Get user to (click on link|open attachment)" or
"Subvert the path to a website (either by hacking the real site or hijacking
the DNS) and deliver a drive-by fruiting when the user visits the page".


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