[RFC] Do away with entry filter

[Steve Grubb]

On Friday 27 February 2009 11:56:57 am Linda Knippers wrote:
> > Let's discuss...
>
> Without "entry", does "exit" still make sense?

You mean the name? I think so for a compatibility perspective. Not everyone 
will change their rules right away. Are you suggesting to rename the exit 
filter to something more generic?


> In other words, are the choices really just "always" and "never"?

For syscall, yes. There are still task, exclude, and user filters. Of these, I 
can't think of any use for the task filter anymore either. I think at one 
time it, too, was envisioned to help select the right tasks for auditing. 


> If we're going to change things, is this an opportunity to simplify in
> general? 

I wouldn't mind losing task filter, too. But I was thinking mostly of the case 
where entry rules identify a syscal is auditable and then the exit filter is 
99% of the time walked in its entirety before deciding nothing to do.

-Steve