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From: David Madore <david.madore@ens.fr>
To: Joshua Brindle <method@gentoo.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel mailing-list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	LSM mailing-list <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] security: capabilities patch (version 0.4.4), part 3/4: introduce new capabilities
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:58:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060918115850.GA24548@clipper.ens.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1158579966.8680.24.camel@twoface.columbia.tresys.com>

On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:46:06AM -0400, Joshua Brindle wrote:
> And that is just practical stuff, there are still problems with
> embedding policy into binaries all over the system in an entirely
> non-analyzable way, and this extends to all capabilities, not just the
> open() one.

Some people prefer the policy to be embedded into binaries all over
the system rather than centralized in one place.  I think it's just a
question of choice: if you don't like this way of doing things, you
don't have to use it, of course (my "cuppabilities" module would be
entirely optional).

Happy hacking,

-- 
     David A. Madore
    (david.madore@ens.fr,
     http://www.madore.org/~david/ )

  reply	other threads:[~2006-09-18 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-10 13:37 [PATCH 1/4] security: capabilities patch (version 0.4.4), part 1/4: enlarge capability sets David Madore
2006-09-10 13:41 ` [PATCH 2/4] security: capabilities patch (version 0.4.4), part 2/4: change inheritance semantics David Madore
2006-09-10 13:42 ` [PATCH 3/4] security: capabilities patch (version 0.4.4), part 3/4: introduce new capabilities David Madore
2006-09-10 16:23   ` Alan Cox
2006-09-10 16:09     ` David Madore
2006-09-11  8:06       ` James Morris
2006-09-11 12:03         ` Joshua Brindle
2006-09-11 16:22           ` Casey Schaufler
2006-09-17 18:06           ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-10 17:56     ` Joshua Brindle
2006-09-10 20:03       ` David Madore
2006-09-11  6:10         ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-11  6:51           ` David Madore
2006-09-11 13:42         ` Stephen Smalley
2006-09-17 18:14       ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-17 20:39         ` Joshua Brindle
2006-09-17 21:16           ` David Madore
2006-09-18 11:46             ` Joshua Brindle
2006-09-18 11:58               ` David Madore [this message]
2006-09-18 12:04               ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-18 12:12                 ` Joshua Brindle
2006-09-18 16:02               ` Casey Schaufler
2006-09-19  0:25                 ` Joshua Brindle
2006-09-19  3:46                   ` Casey Schaufler
2006-09-19  4:09                     ` Joshua Brindle
2006-09-19 15:54                       ` Casey Schaufler
2006-09-19 18:27                   ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-10 13:44 ` David Madore
2006-09-10 13:46 ` [PATCH 4/4] security: capabilities patch (version 0.4.4), part 4/4: add filesystem support David Madore

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