[mackman]

In theory the parsing could run at a low privilege level subprocess. Root/admin is only needed to get the bytes.

[tatersolid]

That’s generally too slow though; these things run in kernel space as they scan every I/O stream. Context switching and memory copies would kill performance.

[formerly_proven]

https://i.imgur.com/t5jDXrt.png

"Why don't we unpack malware in the kernel" - "And so the search for intelligent life continues..."