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

[Karl MacMillan]

On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 14:14 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> 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?
> 

Yes - RHEL 5 is going through CC evaluations for LSPP, CAPP, and RBAC
using the features of SELinux where appropriate.

Karl



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