Re: [PATCH][RFC] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

Chris Wright
2007-06-25T03:58:24Z

* Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com) wrote:
> Just hoping to avoid a change collision. If I have to deal
> with this today it's easy, if it doesn't show up anywhere
> until 2.6.28 I'm breezing, but if it all hits in two weeks I
> have some scrambling and yet another delay to deal with. Not
> your problem, a little information would be helpful though.

Assuming no issues, 2.6.23 (which is months away, although
merge window isn't).

> BTW, I reviewed my notes from the early days of LSM and it
> turns out that I agree with the notion that loadable modules
> don't make a whole lot of sense. So long as I can choose
> security models as easily as I can change file systems, I'm
> reasonably happy. That, and that the "default" "regular"
> policy isn't too terribly different from the traditional
> Unix policy.

The default will continue to be capabilities.

thanks,
-chris