From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] if you're looking for some fun, check out selinux ...
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:16:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44BD4187.2090204@lanl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60607181311j45ada14ax38591b706cb2c1bd@mail.gmail.com>
David Leimbach wrote:
> It (SELINUX) was easily turned off with a switch in a conf file, but
> it's such a pain in the ass, I don't know why it's in a "FC" style
> distribution at all.
The bigger question, which I can't quite figure out yet, is does selinux
provide some magic dust that in turn provides a level of security not
attainable any other way (i.e. in something like Plan 9) ... or, is it a
set of hacks to cover for an obsolete way of doing things. I am tending
toward thinking the latter, now that I've worked with it a bit. Watch
the discussions on labeling files, it's interesting, because the label
namespace seems to be fragmenting already.
ron
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-18 20:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-18 19:01 Ronald G Minnich
2006-07-18 20:11 ` David Leimbach
2006-07-18 20:16 ` Ronald G Minnich [this message]
2006-07-18 20:31 ` David Leimbach
2006-07-18 23:18 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-07-19 0:29 ` David Leimbach
2006-07-19 0:34 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-07-19 1:21 ` Re: Re: [9fans] if you're looking for some fun, Brantley Coile
2006-07-19 1:36 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-07-19 2:37 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2006-07-19 4:37 ` cej
2006-07-19 15:50 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-07-18 20:21 ` [9fans] if you're looking for some fun, check out selinux jmk
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