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From: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add SELinux context and TTY name to AUDIT_TTY records
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:53:27 -0400 (EDT)
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Paul,
Thanks for your review.
----- "Paul Moore" <paul.moore@hp.com> wrote:
> There are several audit experts which should review this code but two
> things 
> jumped out at me when glancing at your patch:
> 
>  1. SELinux SIDs should not be recorded
Almost all code that logs SELinux contexts in kernel/audit* does the same thing as this patch, falling back to a SID if it can't be converted to a string.

>  2. From a SELinux/security point of view ttys are considered objects
>     and their labels/contexts should be recorded with "obj=" not
> "subj="
The patch logs the context of the process, not of the TTY.
    Mirek