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IMA Namespace support

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Description

The Linux kernel community is now working on supporting IMA namespaces
and it is almost done. It is a new kernel feature that allows isolation of Platform Configuration Register (PCR) values, Measurement Logs (ML), etc. As this need to add a new flag for json configuration the related issue opened for runtime-spec.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Hanov ilya.hanov@huawei-partners.com

Advanced Software Technology Lab
Huawei

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Research direction

No runc files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading the linked Linux IMA namespaces proposal and runtime-spec issue #1163, then trace how runc handles JSON configuration flags. Done means the required IMA namespace configuration is supported consistently with the related specification change.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, linux
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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