Seccomp tangle

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Wed May 27 01:28:10 UTC 2020


Yo Hal!

On Tue, 26 May 2020 18:23:55 -0700
Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> I was thinking of putting the individual lists in ntpd/seccomp/
> with something like
>   #include "seccomp/foo.c"
> in ntp_sandbox.

Why not just load a text file at runtime during startup?

seccomp does not protect against hacked binary or config files.  It
protects against runtime exploits.  So no added attack surface by
using a config file.

RGDS
GARY
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