Re: [AppArmor 39/45] AppArmor: Profile loading and manipulation,pathname matching

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jun 15 2007 - 17:13:40 EST


On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 01:43:31PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>
> Yup, I see that once you accept the notion that it is OK for a
> file to be misslabeled for a bit and that having a fixxerupperd
> is sufficient it all falls out.
>
> My point is that there is a segment of the security community
> that had not found this acceptable, even under the conditions
> outlined. If it meets your needs, I say run with it.

If that segment feels that way, then I imagine AA would not meet their
requirements today due to file handles and other ways of passing around
open files, right?

So, would SELinux today (without this AA-like daemon) fit the
requirements of this segment?

thanks,

greg k-h
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