Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem. | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:55:20 -0500 |
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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? [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |