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  LSM
  Linux Security Module
  LSM framework built into kernel
  Available as kernel patch for 2.4 kernels
  Built into late 2.5 kernels and upcoming 2.6 kernels
  Allows security modules to use common hooks into security logic
  Modules can be loaded at run time
  Modules can be tested much easier
  Less coding time needed for module developers
  Stacking modules
  Works when modules are built with stacking in mind

Copyright 2003, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.

Presented at ISSA Puget Sound, 2003.

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