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From: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
To: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Cc: rgb@redhat.com, linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] audit: don't attempt to lookup PIDs when changing PID filtering audit rules
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 16:24:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1418678688.3145.18.camel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3169105.kXYAHVmUfq@x2>

On Mon, 2014-12-15 at 16:14 -0500, Steve Grubb wrote:
> We don't want any events from within a container unless we also 
> have an audit name space. Everything inside the container is potentially 
> operating out side the security policy of the system.

I am not arguing with any of the substance/meaning of what you intend in
any way.

However, every time someone uses the word 'container' they are severely
mis-characterizing the problem space. There are no containers. It's even
worse to say 'container' than it is to say 'the path.' Containers are a
userspace construct made out of numerous disjoint kernel primitives
(mainly the numerous namespaces). The kernel does not, can not, and will
not every know about a 'container.'

This MUST be a key concept when we think about how to make audit work in
a world where people want to use kernel namespaces.

      reply	other threads:[~2014-12-15 21:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-15 17:14 [PATCH] audit: don't attempt to lookup PIDs when changing PID filtering audit rules Paul Moore
2014-12-15 17:29 ` Eric Paris
2014-12-15 18:50   ` Richard Guy Briggs
2014-12-15 18:51     ` Eric Paris
2014-12-15 19:15       ` Paul Moore
2014-12-15 19:33         ` Richard Guy Briggs
2014-12-15 19:58           ` Paul Moore
2014-12-15 19:14     ` Paul Moore
2014-12-15 19:03   ` Paul Moore
2014-12-15 21:14     ` Steve Grubb
2014-12-15 21:24       ` Eric Paris [this message]

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