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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Matthew Garrett | [email protected]
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