Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267306AbUJGGSz (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 02:18:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267303AbUJGGSz (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 02:18:55 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:50101 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267306AbUJGGSx (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 02:18:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 02:18:42 -0400 (EDT) From: James Morris X-X-Sender: jmorris@thoron.boston.redhat.com To: "Serge E. Hallyn" cc: Andrew Morton , , Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] lsm: add bsdjail module In-Reply-To: <20041007040859.GA17774@escher.cs.wm.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 22 On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Because it gives Linux a functionality like FreeBSD's jail and Solaris' > zones in an unobtrusive manner, without impacting users who don't wish > to use it (except for the extra security_task_lookup function calls). Yes, as an LSM module, it can be configured out. I think it's a good use of the LSM framework, and may be useful for people migrating to Linux from legacy Solaris and FreeBSD. - James -- James Morris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/