From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4411B5F2.6060702@hp.com> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:22:58 -0500 From: Paul Moore MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Smalley Cc: SELinux List Subject: Re: Query MLS info outside of SELinux/LSM? References: <4411AFCB.60401@hp.com> <1142010664.25454.128.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> In-Reply-To: <1142010664.25454.128.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Stephen Smalley wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 11:56 -0500, Paul Moore wrote: > >>Is there a way to query the number of MLS sensitivity levels and >>categories outside of the SELinux LSM? I haven't seen anything, but >>thought I would ask before I started looking at alternatives ... which >>brings me to my next question - would anyone have an objection to adding >>this functionality? > > The goal is to keep information about the specific security models > encapsulated in the security server (security/selinux/ss/*.c). The rest > of the SELinux code then remains policy-independent, as does the rest of > the kernel. > The only concern I have with the above statement is that in some cases, i.e. labeled networking, some of that security model information such as MLS limits is important outside the security server. -- paul moore linux security @ hp -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing 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.