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Re: [Xen-devel] [Xense-devel][RFC][PATCH][1/4] Xen Security Modules: XSM

from [George S. Coker, II]

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Subject:	Re: [Xen-devel] [Xense-devel][RFC][PATCH][1/4] Xen Security Modules: XSM
From:	"George S. Coker, II" <gscoker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:47:48 -0400
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On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 14:35 -0400, James Morris wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, George S. Coker, II wrote:
> 
> > XSM provides a generalized hook infrastructure allowing third-party
> > security modules to interpose on the Xen code path.  A default or dummy
> > module provides basic call/return functionality for hooks not
> > implemented by a given module.
> 
> Do you have any performance figures for the dummy module?
> 
> 
No, we do not at this time.  Our only performance metric is observation
which isn't prompting us to look further at the moment.  However, this
is a fair question to ask.


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