Scott Leerssen wrote: > I can see someone developing a layer that allows "trusted" > systems to network together. In such a case, you might want to slap > some extra stuff on a packet coming up through the sockets layer so that > someone upstream can make an intelligent decision based on what system > and, possibly, what user sent the message. I suppose I'm just more > interested in the opaque data type so folks can use whatever flavor of > tagging mechanism they see fit. The Trusted Systems Interoperabilty Group (TSIG) has interfaces and protocols for this, and they're used by existing MLS systems today. It's one of the things we hope to contribute. -- Casey Schaufler Manager, Trust Technology, SGI caseyat_private voice: 650.933.1634 casey_pat_private Pager: 888.220.0607 _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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