From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzswing.ncsc.mil (jazzswing.ncsc.mil [144.51.68.65]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA14482 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:49:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from jazzswing.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzswing.ncsc.mil (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA15428 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:48:19 GMT Received: from epoch.ncsc.mil (facesaver.epoch.ncsc.mil [144.51.25.10]) by jazzswing.ncsc.mil (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA15423 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:48:19 GMT Received: from coalstove.epoch.ncsc.mil (coalstove [144.51.25.13]) by epoch.ncsc.mil (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA11403 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:49:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (jazzband.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.4]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA13114 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:47:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA27175 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:46:32 GMT Received: from ns.caldera.de (ns.caldera.de [212.34.180.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA27171 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:46:31 GMT Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:45:56 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jeffry Smith Cc: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-privs-discuss@sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Linux-privs-discuss] SELinux & Linux-privs projects Message-ID: <20010111164556.A2075@caldera.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from smith@missioncriticallinux.com on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:44:54AM -0500 Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-ID: On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:44:54AM -0500, Jeffry Smith wrote: > Sent to both lists > Since I hadn't seen any traffic on the two lists about the other project, I > thought I'd cross-send a message, to ensure the two communities are aware of > what the other is doing. I figure, although the projects are tackling > different parts of the security of linux, there should be some overlap, since > privileges should make it easier to do the type enforcement (I think), and the Linux-privs and other Posix1003.1e subsystems currenlty in development for Linux provide a UNIXish way of trusted systems, while SELinux implements ruleset-based security and is rather differnt and put policy into the kernel, something that is dtringly disliked in UNIX. So they are two rather different ways to archive the same goal. Christoph -- Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX. -- You have received this message because you are subscribed to the selinux 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.