From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: "Press, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Press@ca.com>,
Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, malware-list@lists.printk.net,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [malware-list] [RFC 0/5] [TALPA] Intro toalinuxinterfaceforonaccess scanning
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:37:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080805233743.GK28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080805222638.GA6395@kroah.com>
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 03:26:38PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:12:34PM -0400, Press, Jonathan wrote:
> > Sorry for the top-post... but I give up.
> >
> > I don't think I'm stupid, but frankly I don't understand the point of
> > the questions being asked in the last three responses to my statement.
> > I don't know why they are relevant, and I don't know how to answer
> > them in a framework that we can all understand at the same time.
Excuse me? One of those questions had been a very specific yes-or-no one
and I certainly hope that we all can understand either answer to such...
For the record, the question is
"Do you or do you not expect the malware to be active on scanning host?"
I hope that relevance of that to the analysis of software involved in
scanning should be obvious.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-05 23:38 UTC|newest]
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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 [this message]
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
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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