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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Extended Attributes for Security Modules against 2.5.68
On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 11:25:49AM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> It's really a namespace issue for user apps trying to deal with xattrs.

Yes.

> Being able to display the xattrs associated with a file in sane way,
> like getxattr(path, "system.security", ...). Otherwise something like
> listxattr() then gettxttr(... "system.security.[blah]" ...). Total
> freeform naming is a headache for userspace to deal with. Esp. since we
> don't want to teach all userland tools about each individual module/policy.

Randomly userland shouldn't deal with these xattrs. Remember you are
talking about the ondisk represenation of your labelling - nothing
but the labelling tools should ever touch it.

> There were a couple proposals to use common root like "system.security."
> (or the trusted namespace which was discussed in earlier threads).
>
> Would you still prefer module specific naming?

Personally I give a damn about the actual naming. Just make sure
that each name has a unique meaning associated with it.

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