From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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 PAA29047 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:44:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id TAA18342 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:43:48 GMT Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.49]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id TAA18338 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:43:47 GMT Message-ID: <3B7C228B.F6EC6117@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:44:11 -0700 From: John Scroggins MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dale Amon Subject: Re: RBAC/Types Hierarchy References: <002a01c125c1$ed4ee110$020144c0@windows> <3B7AF215.7ED269BA@earthlink.net> <00ec01c125e8$6aa2a950$020144c0@windows> <3B7B1F2F.2276C50C@earthlink.net> <20010816004517.E13661@vnl.com> <3B7C110C.286A8E4C@earthlink.net> <20010816071759.C18183@vnl.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Dale Amon wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 11:29:32AM -0700, John Scroggins wrote: > > Are you willing to give some input on this project? > > Let me know, as I want to assemble a resource list (people), so we can > > get started. > > > > Thanks for your response, > > > > I know a fair bit about the threat model, but only passing > knowledge of selinux itself. Although I've been following > the discussions, I've been so busy fire fighting that I've > not really had the time to actually *try it*, as it appears > to be not the sort of thing one can figure out and deploy > over a weekend... > > I'm not sure there is much useful input that I *can* give > at this point. I just don't know enough in this area. > > -- well lets look at this from another vantage point: The developers on this project have got there hands full trying to code the components of SELinux. If there is no field testing, creative comments, or general input, the whole documentation process will stand still (as it has for the last few months). If this occurs, then we will all have to sink or swim, never understanding the benefits of the project. I asked people from different backgrounds to help so that the docs would not seem one-dimensional, proving a singular concept which may have no relevance to the inquiry posed by the user or admin. This effort is in not a destination, rather, a journey .. Linux would have never come this far if others had not joined in. > ------------------------------------------------------ > Use Linux: A computer Dale Amon, CEO/MD > is a terrible thing Village Networking Ltd > to waste. Belfast, Northern Ireland > ------------------------------------------------------ -- 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.