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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jJXqY=KGHtrCQ3yLGVFd7K6Akk6B8VbWyZHGfRerYeV0A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:27:37 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Matthew Giassa <matthew@...ssa.net>
Cc: "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Introduction + new project: "rootkit detection
 using virtualization".

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Matthew Giassa <matthew@...ssa.net> wrote:
> Good day,
>
> I am a volunteer developer taking up a project originally proposed by
> Rik van Riel, "rootkit detection using virtualization", and am
> planning to contribute regularly to this project over the coming
> months. I was advised to contact these mailing lists to introduce
> myself, and I also wanted to inquire about any existing projects that
> coincide with this work. My initial work will involved diving into KVM
> + qemu source and deciding how best to approach the problem. While I
> have the attention of list members, are there any specific
> individuals/groups I should contact directly with respect to this type
> of project?
>
> Thank you.

Hi! Welcome to the list(s)!

I think this is an interesting area of research, though it may be a
tricky cat/mouse game. Some of this kind of
hypervisor-protects-the-kernel work has been done on some Android
phones in small areas (see the cred protection near the end):

http://keenlab.tencent.com/en/2016/06/01/Emerging-Defense-in-Android-Kernel/

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security

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