Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:43:11 -0800 (PST) | From | Casey Schaufler <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem. |
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--- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:29:07 GMT, Pavel Machek said: > > > > > Why not use SELinux? > > > > > > Because SELinux doesn't guarantee filename and its attribute. > > > The purpose of this filesystem is to ensure filename and its attribute > > > (e.g. /dev/null is guaranteed to be a character device file > > > with major=1 and minor=3). > > > > Why not improve selinux to be able to assign label of new file based > > on directory label and name? > > The problem isn't the label, it's the *other* attributes... > > What happens if /dev/null has the correct SELinux label, but the major/minor > is 1,27 rather than 1,3?
Isn't this the kind of thing that Bastille is good for?
Casey Schaufler casey@schaufler-ca.com
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