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FromPaul Moore <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Version 4 (2.6.23-rc8-mm2) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel
DateWed, 3 Oct 2007 08:19:14 -0400
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 12:45:42 am Casey Schaufler wrote:
> From: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
>
> Smack is the Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel.
>
> Smack implements mandatory access control (MAC) using labels
> attached to tasks and data containers, including files, SVIPC,
> and other tasks. Smack is a kernel based scheme that requires
> an absolute minimum of application support and a very small
> amount of configuration data.
>
> {snip}
>
> This patch includes changes made by Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
> in support of a more comfortable interface to initialize the
> CIPSO code from within the kernel. The changes in the net directory
> are Pauls, as is the update to netlabel.h

My sign-off got lost when Casey smooshed the patch I sent him into the SMACK
mega-patch so I'll throw it back in the thread for accounting purposes.

Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>

As for SMACK's use of NetLabel - it looks fine to me, especially now that
there is better preservation of the NetLabel/LSM boundary. As has been
discussed on the various lists during earlier revisions of the patch I
believe there are still some optimizations that can be made regarding how
SMACK uses NetLabel but that is something we can always work on at a later
date.

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>

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paul moore
linux security @ hp
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