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Date: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:01:07 -0400
From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] Add support for O_MAYEXEC

On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 10:15 +0300, Lev R. Oshvang . wrote:

> I can suggest something better ( I believe)
> Some time ago I proposed patch to IMA -  Add suffix in IMA policy rule criteria
> It allows IMA to verify scripts, configuration files and even single file.
> It is very simple and does not depend on open flags.
> Mimi Zohar decided not to include this patch on the reason it tries to
> protect the file name.
> ( Why ??).

Your patch relies on the filename, but does nothing to protect it. 

Mimi

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