From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753727AbXLJXo5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:44:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751446AbXLJXos (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:44:48 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:56632 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751253AbXLJXor (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:44:47 -0500 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <370690.53043.qm@web36615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <370690.53043.qm@web36615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> To: casey@schaufler-ca.com Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Stephen Smalley , Karl MacMillan , viro@ftp.linux.org.uk, hch@infradead.org, Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/28] SECURITY: Allow kernel services to override LSM settings for task actions [try #2] X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.3+cvs; nmh 1.2-20070115cvs; GNU Emacs 23.0.50 Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:44:18 +0000 Message-ID: <25991.1197330258@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Casey Schaufler 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. David