From: Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fuse: Only allow read/writing user xattrs
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 11:57:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACLa4pspCPnziaobcLN_QXRZ8quVPi4gTnyA0GO=uxmDWoA_kw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a9vzlimm.fsf@xmission.com>
Why trust uids or rwx bits. Might as well do away with those as well, right?
On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Eric W. Biederman
<ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org> writes:
>
>> NAK, this makes no sense... We are working to support SELinux
>> attrs on fuse, why shouldn't we?
>
> Certainly there is a logical disconnect here.
>
> What is the sense in security labels when anyone can arbitrarily choose
> the security label they want and change the security label whenever
> they want?
>
> What is the point in a security label when you can not trust it?
>
> Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-06 15:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-05 22:50 [PATCH] fuse: Only allow read/writing user xattrs Eric W. Biederman
2012-10-06 14:23 ` Eric Paris
2012-10-06 15:34 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-10-06 15:57 ` Eric Paris [this message]
2012-10-06 23:42 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-10-08 13:47 ` Serge Hallyn
2012-10-08 14:02 ` Eric Paris
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