[LBo] [Opinion] Critical Linux security API is still a kludge

[Floris Kraak]

On 10/24/06, Floris Kraak <randakar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/24/06, Sam Morgan <s.morgan at linuxbasics.org> wrote:
> >
> > "The talk lately has centered about Vista's security APIs, but Linux certainly
> > needs improvements in this area, because AV vendors still rely on an external
> > kernel module to implement 'real time' file scanning..."
>
> It's funny. Linux doesn't have viruses*, but the antivirus vendors
> still need a kernel API for their scanning modules. 'Why' is a matter
> I leave to the observer.
>

(note to self: read articles before commenting on them .. ;-) )



Regards,
Floris
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