Re: [PATCH] Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel

Jan Engelhardt
2007-08-23T07:14:36Z

On Aug 22 2007 11:47, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>> As we have to maintain selinux, anyway, I don't see why simplification
>> layer is a problem.
>
>It's an issue if you want to do simple things, have the resources to
>do simple things, but go over budget because the simple things are
>built on top of complex things that you don't need. I see this crop
>up frequently with IT infrastructures, where simple problems get
>solved using completely unnecessary components just because those
>components are available.

class LinkedList {} for example. Just look how simple the linux
kernel does it ;-)

Jan
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