From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Booth Subject: Re: SELinux for auditing Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:37:17 +0000 Message-ID: <1170419837.6772.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1170202290.4168.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200702010936.59578.sgrubb@redhat.com> <1170341940.12293.124.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1826833166==" Return-path: Received: from [192.168.250.101] (sebastian-int.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.221]) by pobox.surrey.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l12Jp2j5024516 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 19:51:04 GMT In-Reply-To: <1170341940.12293.124.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: linux-audit-bounces@redhat.com To: linux-audit@redhat.com List-Id: linux-audit@redhat.com --===============1826833166== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-yJXNFZXyUTCdnQ+8zoyQ" --=-yJXNFZXyUTCdnQ+8zoyQ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 09:59 -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote: > Also, he mentioned RHEL 4 as his platform, so I would tend to think that > his kernel and auditctl wouldn't support this anyway. So he may be > limited to using auditallow statements in policy, which is certainly > legitimate use of them (although I understand your goal of centralizing > audit configuration). It is for RHEL 4, so the above won't work. How much of the functionality is in userspace, and how much requires extra kernel bits? In short, can I recompile the RHEL5 auditd for RHEL4 and expect to get additional functionality? Matt -- Red Hat, Global Professional Services M: +44 (0)7977 267231 GPG ID: D33C3490 GPG FPR: 3733 612D 2D05 5458 8A8A 1600 3441 EA19 D33C 3490 --=-yJXNFZXyUTCdnQ+8zoyQ Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 09:59 -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote: 
Also, he mentioned RHEL 4 as his platform, so I would tend to think that
his kernel and auditctl wouldn't support this anyway.  So he may be
limited to using auditallow statements in policy, which is certainly
legitimate use of them (although I understand your goal of centralizing
audit configuration).

It is for RHEL 4, so the above won't work. How much of the functionality is in userspace, and how much requires extra kernel bits? In short, can I recompile the RHEL5 auditd for RHEL4 and expect to get additional functionality?

Matt
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