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Kernel space: Virus Scanning API Spawns Security Debate |
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Source: LinuxWorld - Posted by Bill Keys
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The TALPA malware scanning API was covered in LWN in December, 2007. Several months later, TALPA is back - in the form of a patch set posted by a Red Hat employee. The resulting discussion has certainly not been what the TALPA developers would have hoped for; it is, instead, a good example of how a potentially useful idea can be set back by poor execution and presentation to the kernel community.
Have you heard about the kernel space virus scanning API? This article discusses the debate over it within the kernel development community.
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