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Date:      Mon, 20 Sep 1999 07:16:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To:        ark@eltex.ru
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Real-time alarms
Message-ID:  <199909201416.HAA58893@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <199909201021.OAA00729@paranoid.eltex.spb.ru> from "ark@eltex.ru" at "Sep 20, 1999 02:21:17 pm"

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> 
> Hmmm, i think it is a good idea to have 2 kernel interfaces:
> 
> 1) audit - one way communication system that lets kernel and possibly
> some user processes to inform an audit daemon or whatever that something
> important happened

By definision a secure audit trail can only be generated by a secure
code base, that pretty much precludes any user processes from being
a source of data at this time.

> 2) acl device that will provide 2-way communication to a daemon that will
> allow or deny things to happen?

This is no longer auditing, that would be under another thread, one about
security control, and goes hand in hand with the proposal I tossed out
about VMS like per process priviledges.


-- 
Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25)                    rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net


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