Re: Linux needs flexible security

lk@mailandnews.com
20 Nov 1999 17:37:45 +0000


Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net> writes:

> The security monitor would be the parent process of the process that
> you wish to control. It would use PTRACE_SYSCALL to run the
> target's user-space instructions at full speed and filter the
> target's system call requests. For example, if your httpd tries to
> open "/etc/passwd" for reading, the security monitor simply logs the
> attempt, SIGKILL's the process, whatever.

See this:
http://www.intes.odessa.ua/vxe/

Paul

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