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

[Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>]

--- 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?


Casey Schaufler
casey@schaufler-ca.com

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