Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:14:14 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>, Crispin Cowan <crispin@novell.com>,
       Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
       jjohansen@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [AppArmor 39/45] AppArmor: Profile loading and manipulation,
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 01:43:31PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> 
> Yup, I see that once you accept the notion that it is OK for a
> file to be misslabeled for a bit and that having a fixxerupperd
> is sufficient it all falls out.
> 
> My point is that there is a segment of the security community
> that had not found this acceptable, even under the conditions
> outlined. If it meets your needs, I say run with it.

If that segment feels that way, then I imagine AA would not meet their
requirements today due to file handles and other ways of passing around
open files, right?

So, would SELinux today (without this AA-like daemon) fit the
requirements of this segment?

thanks,

greg k-h
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