* Crispin Cowan (crispinat_private) [010416 22:18]: > There are (now, thanks Aleph) three known storage repositories for persistent meta data: > > * put it in a conf file: used by SubDomain and LIDS, among others > * extended attributes in the file system: required by full POSIX.1e capabilities, but > not supported by common Linux file systems, and thus Linux capabilities are not fully > POSIX.1e compliant > * aleph's network repository method The are as many as you can imagine: * Save in the CMOS non-volatile memory. * Communicate via a serial port to a server. * Save in a smart card. * Save in a compact flash card. * As parameters to LILO. etc Some of them provide more capacity than others but no size fits all. -- Elias Levy SecurityFocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/ Si vis pacem, para bellum _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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