Of Filesystems And Other Demons

... about file system filters and complexity in general

Hi all, I’ve decided to move the blog to a new location and i’ve copied all the existing posts. I...

Date: 02/11/2010

FILTER VERIFIER ERROR:   A filter has completed an operation but does not implement name...

Date: 10/08/2009

Proper usage of names in file system filters and minifilters is a topic that comes up a lot. The...

Date: 09/30/2009

Sorry about the frequency of my posts, i’m been really swamped with the IFS Plugfest preparations....

Date: 09/01/2009

In this post I'll try to address a couple of questions that are all related and that I've seen asked...

Date: 08/11/2009

One very important structure that everyone writing minifilters very quickly becomes familiar is the...

Date: 07/24/2009

Now that we’ve discussed contexts in general there is one very important structure to talk about....

Date: 07/09/2009

Why does one need contexts ? Well, the IO model in NT is based on passing objects around and the...

Date: 07/01/2009

The next logical structure in the hierarchy is the FLT_INSTANCE. An instance represents an...

Date: 06/24/2009

Well, as you have probably guessed, FLT_FILTER is a structure that describes a minifilter. It is a...

Date: 06/16/2009

Right below the FLTP_FRAME in the hierarchy of filter manager objects is the FLT_VOLUME. It is a...

Date: 06/09/2009

Filter Manager's only purpose is to simplify writing file system filters and sometimes it does this...

Date: 06/09/2009

The main focus of this blog is development of file system filters. I’m not sure how many people are...

Date: 06/09/2009