From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from goalie.tycho.ncsc.mil (goalie [144.51.3.250]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p3TJ9vkT024352 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:09:59 -0400 Received: from fep05-svc.tim.it (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by msux-gh1-uea01.nsa.gov (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id p3TJ9vlU005478 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:09:57 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] File descriptor labeling From: Guido Trentalancia To: Casey Schaufler Cc: Roberto Sassu , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:09:44 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4DBADD4C.9040507@schaufler-ca.com> References: <201104291139.37489.roberto.sassu@polito.it> <4DBADD4C.9040507@schaufler-ca.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <1304104194.2629.5.camel@vortex> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 08:46 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 4/29/2011 2:39 AM, Roberto Sassu wrote: [cut] > >> Excuse my ignorance for a moment. Is eCryptfs a user mode filesystem, > >> or in the kernel properly? The behavior makes it sound like the former > >> while the interfaces you're requesting make it seem like the latter. > > I'll repeat the question because it matters. I am not an expert but since it's already the second time that you ask, I have done a little of research and it seems that it's implemented in the kernel and then it has userspace tools for management. So it shouldn't be any different than other filesystems such as "extended filesystems" (2,3,4)... Regards, Guido > -- > This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. > If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with > the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message. > -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guido Trentalancia Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/7] File descriptor labeling Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:09:44 +0200 Message-ID: <1304104194.2629.5.camel@vortex> References: <201104291139.37489.roberto.sassu@polito.it> <4DBADD4C.9040507@schaufler-ca.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Roberto Sassu , linux-security-module-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, selinux-+05T5uksL2qpZYMLLGbcSA@public.gmane.org To: Casey Schaufler Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4DBADD4C.9040507-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org> Sender: owner-selinux-+05T5uksL2qpZYMLLGbcSA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 08:46 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote: > On 4/29/2011 2:39 AM, Roberto Sassu wrote: [cut] > >> Excuse my ignorance for a moment. Is eCryptfs a user mode filesystem, > >> or in the kernel properly? The behavior makes it sound like the former > >> while the interfaces you're requesting make it seem like the latter. > > I'll repeat the question because it matters. I am not an expert but since it's already the second time that you ask, I have done a little of research and it seems that it's implemented in the kernel and then it has userspace tools for management. So it shouldn't be any different than other filesystems such as "extended filesystems" (2,3,4)... Regards, Guido > -- > This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. > If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo-+05T5uksL2qpZYMLLGbcSA@public.gmane.org with > the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message. >