Re: Adding two new booleans to httpd to tighten it's security.

[Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>]

Robert L Cochran wrote:
> Joe Orton wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:58:14PM -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Currently policy allows httpd to connect to relay ports and to 
>>> mysql/postgres ports.
>>>
>>> Adding these booleans
>>>   * httpd_can_network_relay
>>>   * httpd_can_network_connect_db
>>>
>>> And turning this feature off by default.  This is going into 
>>> tonights reference policy and into FC4 test release.
>>>   
>>
>> Do you mean FC4 or FC5?  This should not go in an FC4 update 
>> off-by-default since it will break working setups.  Make it 
>> on-by-default if you want to ship this to FC4 users and 
>> off-by-default with a big release note for FC5.
>>
>> What's the difference between httpd_can_network_relay and 
>> httpd_can_network_connect?
>>
>> Do we still have the problem that httpd cannot reap idle children 
>> properly when the latter is set?  That really really does need to 
>> work by default.
>>
>> joe
>>
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> I'd like to completely agree with Joe. I'm beginning to have quite a 
> lot invested in httpd, PHP and related database code and I don't want 
> SELinux breaking what is there without a lot of warning. For new 
> installs of FC4, I've been forced to turn off SELinux support for 
> these applications. They simply don't work otherwise.
>
> Bob Cochran
> Greenbelt. Maryland, USA
>
>
Have your reported your problems here or in bugzilla?

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