Re: Linux C2-Style Audit Capability

Ralf Baechle (ralf@uni-koblenz.de)
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 18:46:47 +0200


On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 10:23:58AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> > System calls are overridden by pointing sys_call_table[system call] to a
> > replacement function which saves off the data for auditing purposes, then
> > calls the original system call.
>
> Ugly but that bit probably ties in with all the other folks trying to put
> together a unified security hook set for 2.5

That approach means you have to write a large number of system specific
wrappers for the various architectures.

Ralf
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