Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:08:44 +1000 | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH v3] Unprivileged: Disable raising of privileges | From | Peter Dolding <> |
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On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Samir Bellabes <sam@synack.fr> wrote: > Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes: > >> Well to be fair its random regurgitated security idea of every year or >> two. > > true, last year the same kind of discussion occurs with the 'personal > firewall' aka a network MAC. > http://marc.info/?t=123247387500003&r=3&w=2 > http://marc.info/?t=123187029200001&r=2&w=2
Lets step back for a moment. What is the common issue with both.
The issue is simple. "How to I generically tell the secuirty system want particular restrictions."
There is no generic LSM API for application or users to talk to the LSM and say I want the following restricted. Of course the restrictions have to be tighter than what the profiles already say.
To control the LSM the applications are expected to know what the LSM. This has caused items like chrome major issues.
Also by providing a generic LSM API there would be a base set of requirements for a LSM to provide to meet the requirements of the generic interfaces.
Basically until a generic interface to talk to LSM module is provided these requests are going to keep coming. Maybe assign secuirty ops string values that applications can say disable the following secuirty operations from me.
Application does not need to be informed what is disabled from it.
Peter Dolding
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