Re: Authoritative Hooks

From: Casey Schaufler (caseyat_private)
Date: Mon Nov 12 2001 - 09:01:41 PST

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    One more thing ...
    
    I wrote:
    
    >	if (!(uid-checks-out-okay) && !capable(CAP_XYZ))
    
    should be changed to:
    
    	if (!capable(CAP_XYZ) && !(uid-checks-out-okay))
    
    if C+R is going to be the Official way to use LSM.
    Otherwise, the architecture is going to advocate
    (require?) that code with potential side-effects
    get executed in cases where it is at best unnecessary
    and in some cases (side effects) may cause the system
    to break.
    
    -- 
    
    Casey Schaufler				Manager, Trust Technology, SGI
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