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 n0RDdY2D030738 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:39:34 -0500 Received: from mailhub249.itcs.purdue.edu (jazzdrum.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.7]) by zombie2.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id n0RDaXoA003125 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:36:33 GMT Received: from jacques-thomas-powerbook-g4-17.local (c-98-223-73-152.hsd1.in.comcast.net [98.223.73.152]) (authenticated bits=0) by mailhub249.itcs.purdue.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2/smtp-auth.purdue.edu) with ESMTP id n0RDdVwI002180 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:39:32 -0500 Message-ID: <497F0E8C.4010301@cs.purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:39:24 -0500 From: Jacques Thomas MIME-Version: 1.0 To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: SE-PostgreSQL to be considered for upstream in PostgreSQL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Hi All, According to the following email message that was forwarded to me, the PostgreSQL community is considering to upstream the type enforcement patches from KaiGai Kohei. They need participation from the security community. The discussion starts on the pgsql-hackers mailing list tomorrow; details below. Best, Jacques *From: *Bruce Momjian > *Date: *January 24, 2009 10:36:22 AM GMT-05:00 *To: *PostgreSQL-announce > *Subject: **[ANNOUNCE] Need help on possible PG 8.4 security features* The PostgreSQL community is considering including security enhancements in Postgres 8.4, e.g. row-level permissions and SE-Linux security. However, to evaluate the patch and its usefulness, we need security experts who want to use this capability or have used it in other databases. The most recent version of the patch is mentioned here: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-01/msg01680.php Particularly interesting is the documentation patch: http://sepgsql.googlecode.com/files/sepostgresql-docs-8.4devel-3-r1460.patch If you know someone who is interested in these features or can help in discussing them, please have them subscribe to pgsql-hackers here: http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/subscribe Email discussion about this topic will start on Wednesday, January 28, at 12:00 GMT, and will include the subject text "SE-PostgreSQL". -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- -To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to: pgsql-announce-unsubscribe@postgresql.org -- 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.