From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Dave Quigley <dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov>,
Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>,
casey@schaufler-ca.com, viro@ftp.linux.org.uk,
bfields@fieldses.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
LSM List <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] Security: Add hook to get full maclabel xattr name
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:00:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1204246805.7363.23.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080229005113.GA24087@infradead.org>
On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 19:51 -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 04:50:06PM -0800, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > As I've told you several times before: we're _NOT_ putting private
> > ioctl^Hxattrs onto the wire. If the protocol can't be described in an
> > RFC, then it isn't going in no matter what expletive you choose to
> > use...
>
> It's as unstructured as the named attributes already in. Or file data
> for that matter.
Describing what is supposed to be a security mechanism in a structured
fashion for use in a protocol should hardly be an impossible task (and
AFAICS, Dave & co are making good progress in doing so). If it is, then
that casts serious doubt on the validity of the security model...
There should be no need for ioctls.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-29 1:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-27 22:11 RFC Labeled NFS Initial Code Review David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 01/11] Security: Add hook to get full maclabel xattr name David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 23:42 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-28 0:12 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 1:07 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-28 13:43 ` Stephen Smalley
2008-02-28 19:23 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-28 19:30 ` Stephen Smalley
2008-02-28 19:59 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-28 23:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-29 0:04 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 0:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-29 0:32 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 1:00 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-29 0:42 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 2:07 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 1:48 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 13:30 ` Stephen Smalley
2008-02-29 14:45 ` Stephen Smalley
2008-02-29 1:47 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 1:33 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 2:15 ` James Morris
2008-02-29 0:50 ` Trond Myklebust
2008-02-29 0:51 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-29 1:00 ` Trond Myklebust [this message]
2008-02-29 1:55 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 5:04 ` Trond Myklebust
2008-02-29 17:46 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 18:28 ` Trond Myklebust
2008-02-29 18:52 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 19:50 ` Trond Myklebust
2008-02-29 21:07 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 21:00 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 22:27 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 22:15 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 22:58 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-03-01 0:09 ` Trond Myklebust
2008-03-01 0:41 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 1:26 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 5:01 ` Trond Myklebust
2008-02-29 17:26 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 1:04 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 0:52 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 2:29 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 2:09 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 1:15 ` James Morris
2008-02-29 13:31 ` Stephen Smalley
2008-02-29 17:52 ` Casey Schaufler
2008-02-29 21:50 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 02/11] Security: Add hook to calculate context based on a negative dentry David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 03/11] VFS: Add security label support to *notify David P. Quigley
2008-02-28 1:20 ` James Morris
2008-02-28 16:07 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 23:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-28 23:44 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 0:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-29 0:06 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 1:52 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 20:19 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 04/11] KConfig: Add KConfig entries for SELinux labeled NFS David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 05/11] NFSv4: Add label recommended attribute and NFSv4 flags David P. Quigley
2008-02-28 1:52 ` James Morris
2008-02-28 1:45 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 13:55 ` Stephen Smalley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 06/11] SELinux: Add new labeling type native labels David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 07/11] NFS/SELinux: Add security_label text mount option to nfs and add handling code to the security server David P. Quigley
2008-02-28 14:22 ` Eric Paris
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 08/11] NFS: Introduce lifecycle management for label attribute David P. Quigley
2008-02-28 4:13 ` James Morris
2008-02-28 16:24 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 16:46 ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 09/11] NFS: Client implementation of Labeled-NFS David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 10/11] NFS: Extend nfs xattr handlers to accept the security namespace David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 11/11] NFSD: Server implementation of MAC Labeling David P. Quigley
2008-02-28 1:46 ` James Morris
2008-02-28 0:48 ` RFC Labeled NFS Initial Code Review Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 1:23 ` Dave Quigley
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-02-27 20:39 David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 01/11] Security: Add hook to get full maclabel xattr name David P. Quigley
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