From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zombie2.ncsc.mil (zombie2.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.133]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m783IWBl008765 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:18:34 -0400 Received: from smtp108.prem.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (jazzdrum.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.7]) by zombie2.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id m783IIri019599 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 03:18:23 GMT Message-ID: <489BBAFC.4020405@schaufler-ca.com> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:18:20 -0700 From: Casey Schaufler MIME-Version: 1.0 To: russell@coker.com.au CC: SE-Linux Subject: Re: Request for multiple mailing lists References: <489B25B6.4080309@windriver.com> <489B3536.1060103@schaufler-ca.com> <200808081208.31741.russell@coker.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200808081208.31741.russell@coker.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Russell Coker wrote: > On Friday 08 August 2008 03:47, Casey Schaufler > wrote: > >> SELinux without policy is like a book without pages. Think of >> the reference policy as the pages of the Old Testament. >> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisegesis > > The problem with such analogies is that SE Linux policy is designed to be > unambiguous. See the above URL for details of the issue I did not mean to start a religious argument. Use any of these substitutions for "the Old Testament" that you prefer: "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" "the US Tax code" "the NFL rule book" Any text that is definitive, large, and technically readable by a human being will do. -- 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.