Re: [RFC][PATCH] EVM and SLIM LSM modules

From: Tony Jones (tonyj@private)
Date: Mon Oct 17 2005 - 22:41:38 PDT


On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 07:23:16PM -0400, schaufler-ca.com - Casey Schaufler wrote:

> > From: James Morris <jmorris@private>
> > To: "schaufler-ca.com - Casey Schaufler"
> > Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] EVM and SLIM LSM modules
> 
> > Which achieves what, exactly?
> 
> Some valueable policy that the developer wants.
> Why are you jumping all over it? There was
> considerable hew and cry a while back that there
> were no policies other than SELinux available
> for LSM. Well, here are two. Gawd, I hope we
> don't replay that same arguements from the
> last go-round.

I'm a bit with Casey here.  I'm sure there is a valid debate over (the technical
merits of) this patch, but I don't see it in the above.

- LSM should be removed and replaced by SELinux because there are no other 
  users.

- Whoa, a proposal for another user, why would you want that when you can have 
  SELinux.

The party invite is out, but the bouncers at the door seem mightly surly :-)

Tony



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