From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751392AbWDWMSj (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:18:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751397AbWDWMSj (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:18:39 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:13543 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751392AbWDWMSi (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:18:38 -0400 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Release Digsig 1.5: kernel module for run-time authentication of binaries From: Arjan van de Ven To: Makan Pourzandi Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, Serue Hallyen , Axelle Apvrille , "'disec-devel@lists.sourceforge.net'" In-Reply-To: <4448AC62.6090303@ericsson.com> References: <4448AC62.6090303@ericsson.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:18:32 +0200 Message-Id: <1145794712.3131.10.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:56 +0000, Makan Pourzandi wrote: > Hi, > > Digsig development team would like to announce the release 1.5 of digsig. > > This kernel module helps system administrators control Executable and > Linkable Format (ELF) binary execution and library loading based on > the presence of a valid digital signature. The main functionality is > to help system administrators distinguish applications he/she trusts > (and therefore signs) from viruses, worms (and other nuisances). It is > based on the Linux Security Module hooks. does this also prevent people writing their own elf loader in a bit of perl and just mmap the code ?