From: dE <de.techno@gmail.com>
To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: What's a policy configuration file?
Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 11:54:05 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53633A05.2050808@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB9W1A0-BR_Nu2M2RjQxh9KTye-=x9thiBQbBKaGg+zSQA1Y-w@mail.gmail.com>
On 05/01/14 23:15, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> First reference is talking about source configuration files, and the
> next section of that report describes how policy.conf is created and
> then compiled into the binary policy file.
> Second reference is talking about the configuration files installed on
> the system for use at runtime, which includes both the kernel binary
> policy file and various text configuration files used by userspace
> programs. The term could apply to either.
>
> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 10:28 AM, dE <de.techno@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 05/01/14 22:41, Stephen Smalley wrote:
>>> Typically, but you didn't provide any context or cite the source of
>>> the reference.
>>> One might use the term for an individual source file, the policy.conf
>>> file generated from all of the source files, or the final kernel
>>> binary policy file, although the latter is less likely.
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 9:55 AM, dE <de.techno@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Is this another name for policy source?
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>> http://www.nsa.gov/research/_files/selinux/papers/policy2/x109.shtml
>>
>> http://selinuxproject.org/page/ConfigurationFiles#Policy_Configuration_Files
>>
>> I would like to know what the official website means -- it's definitely the
>> sources. I hope I'll read about policy.conf in the NSA reference.
>>
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The policy.conf is used during build time to make small time changes in
the resulting binary right?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-02 6:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-01 16:55 What's a policy configuration file? dE
2014-05-01 17:11 ` Stephen Smalley
2014-05-01 17:28 ` dE
2014-05-01 17:45 ` Stephen Smalley
2014-05-02 6:24 ` dE [this message]
2014-05-01 17:51 ` Dominick Grift
2014-05-02 6:30 ` dE
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