Subject: Re: Proliferation of KAUTH_REQ_*
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-security
Date: 10/21/2006 01:11:23
Jason Thorpe wrote:
> I have a small concern about how we're adding all of these special auth
> request types for optional parts of the kernel.  What are LKM providers
> supposed to do if they want to support some random security model
> (presumably 4.4BSD's for now)?

I'm not sure what your concern is.

Are you worried about how 3rd-party LKMs can "add" their own requests?

-e.

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Elad Efrat