# Re: \[PATCH v5 7/8\] Documentation: Add documentation for the Brute LSM

- From: John Wood \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-03-12 17:56:16 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2021/03/6298735
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-doc/2021/02/6280945/t.md

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On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:05:17PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> Okay but that means that the brute force attack can just continue
> because the attacked daemon will be respawned?
>
> You need some way to stop the respawning, otherwise the
> mitigation doesn't work for daemons.
>
I will work on your solution regarding respawned daemons (use wait*() to inform
userspace that the offending processes killed by the mitigation exited due to
this mitigation -> then the supervisor can adopt their own policy).

>
> -Andi
>

Thank you very much,
John Wood
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