Re: [PATCH][RFC] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

[Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>]

--- Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> wrote:

> * Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com) wrote:
> > Just hoping to avoid a change collision. If I have to deal
> > with this today it's easy, if it doesn't show up anywhere
> > until 2.6.28 I'm breezing, but if it all hits in two weeks I
> > have some scrambling and yet another delay to deal with. Not
> > your problem, a little information would be helpful though.
> 
> Assuming no issues, 2.6.23 (which is months away, although
> merge window isn't).

Thank you.

> > BTW, I reviewed my notes from the early days of LSM and it
> > turns out that I agree with the notion that loadable modules
> > don't make a whole lot of sense. So long as I can choose
> > security models as easily as I can change file systems, I'm
> > reasonably happy. That, and that the "default" "regular"
> > policy isn't too terribly different from the traditional
> > Unix policy.
> 
> The default will continue to be capabilities.

Good. Thank you again.


Casey Schaufler
casey@schaufler-ca.com