Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:25:24 +0000 | From | Matthew Garrett <> | Subject | Re: [patch 0/2] Tmpfs acls |
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On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 01:17:01AM +0100, Kay Sievers wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:07:58AM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Handwavy problem scenario - user A logs in, is given access to the > > soundcard. Starts running a program that when given appropriate signals > > will record from the system microphone. Logs out. Waits for user B, who > > he suspects is having an affair with his wife, and then monitors any > > conversations that user B has. > > That can be solved in the user session handling and not in the kernel.
Without killing every application that they've been left running? How? The only way I can think of is by checking open files against a blacklist, which seems, uhm, fragile.
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