Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:57 -0800 (PST) | From | Casey Schaufler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 08/28] SECURITY: Allow kernel services to override LSM settings for task actions [try #2] |
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--- David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote: > > > That happens to me when interfaces are described in SELinux terms. I > > still don't care much for multiple contexts, and I don't have a good > > grasp of how you'll deal with Smack, or any LSM other than SELinux. > > Me neither. I understand SELinux somewhat, though it's got a lot of wibbly > bits, and WinNT's security system, but I have no experience of the other > stuff. > > > Just as Stephen mentions, I also don't see the generality that a change > > of this magnitude really ought to provide. > > Perhaps it should be a specific interface, solely for cachefiles's use then.
That would help focus things, to be sure. I don't know if that focus will speed things up or slow them down, but I think that attempting to accomodate SELinux/NFS, with the state that effort is in, will only lead to tears.
Casey Schaufler casey@schaufler-ca.com
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