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SubjectRe: [PATCH] printk: robustify printk
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:42:43 +0200, Andi Kleen said:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 01:22:06PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > You only loose the msgs with klogd, console still gets everything. If
> > firewalls are generating that much data, perhaps its time to think about
> > alternative ways to channel that.
>
> Yes, and netfilter has them in fact, but it's clearly still a regression for
> people who rely on klogd for this today.
>
> Also firewall is just an example. Other cases might be people relying
> on these selinux messages. Or some other kernel messages.

Similar to "netfilter has other ways", the SELinux messages have another
defined way as well. If your site is high-security and *depends* on the
messages, the *right* answer is to run auditd to catch and log the messages,
and configure auditd to bring the system to a screeching halt if the
log space fills up or there's other problems (yes, some sites would rather
have the machine drop dead than possibly miss an SELinux message).
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