From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
Cc: serue@us.ibm.com, chrisw@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] lsm: add bsdjail module
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 23:22:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041006232208.505ccacd.akpm@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Xine.LNX.4.44.0410070216130.2191-100000@thoron.boston.redhat.com>
James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
>
> > Because it gives Linux a functionality like FreeBSD's jail and Solaris'
> > zones in an unobtrusive manner, without impacting users who don't wish
> > to use it (except for the extra security_task_lookup function calls).
>
> Yes, as an LSM module, it can be configured out. I think it's a good use
> of the LSM framework, and may be useful for people migrating to Linux from
> legacy Solaris and FreeBSD.
Sure, but that's a bit speculative for adding a feature to the mainline
kernel.
Is there vendor pull for this feature? Do IBM have customers requiring it?
"someone might like this" is not a sufficient basis for adding stuff to the
kernel, sorry.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-07 6:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-06 20:21 (patch 1/3) lsm: add control over /proc/<pid> visibility Serge Hallyn
2004-10-06 20:24 ` [patch 1/3] lsm: add bsdjail module Serge Hallyn
2004-10-06 23:26 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-07 4:08 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-07 6:18 ` James Morris
2004-10-07 6:22 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2004-10-07 16:06 ` Chris Wright
2004-10-07 18:40 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-07 18:52 ` Chris Wright
2004-10-07 20:56 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-10 6:24 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-10-07 12:06 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-07 19:01 ` [patch 2/3] " Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-07 19:42 ` Chris Wright
2004-10-07 20:05 ` Andrew Morton
2004-10-08 18:05 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-10 10:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-10 11:31 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-10 11:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-11 13:47 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-12 7:00 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-10-12 9:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-12 12:27 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-10-20 15:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-20 19:18 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-10-12 13:11 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-12 14:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-10-12 22:35 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-10-13 0:58 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-13 1:09 ` Ulrich Drepper
2004-10-13 1:22 ` Serge E. Hallyn
2004-10-13 15:26 ` Stephen Smalley
2004-10-13 1:11 ` Chris Wright
2004-10-13 14:25 ` Stephen Smalley
2004-10-06 20:25 ` [patch 3/3] lsm: add bsdjail documentation Serge Hallyn
2004-10-07 22:17 ` Matthias Urlichs
2004-10-08 20:02 ` Serge E. Hallyn
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-11-22 1:51 [patch 1/3] lsm: add bsdjail module Colin Walters
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