Re: [ANN] SE-PostgreSQL 8.2.3-1.0 alpha release

["James W. Hoeft" <Jim@MagitekLtd.com>]

Casey Schaufler wrote:
> --- KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp> wrote:
> 
>  
>> I think unique identification for all tuples are
>> difficult, because we can
>> create a table without Oid (object id) or primary
>> key to identify a tuple
>> from outside of the table...
>>
>> BTW, the string representations of security contexts
>> are stored in a separate
>> table named as 'pg_selinux', defined with Oid (which
>> have 4-byte length).
>> In SE-PostgreSQL, any tuples have Oid of pg_selinux
>> as a security context.
>> Thus, storage consumption is limited.
> 
> How does this method compare to the schemes
> used in the Oracle evaluated MLS DBMS?

MLS ("Trusted Oracle", rev 9 was last one produced and is no longer 
supported) or current OLS? The mechanisms and level of certification are 
different.

Jim

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