Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:33:29 -0400 (EDT) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: AppArmor FAQ |
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, David Lang wrote:
> SELinux is designed to be able to make the box safe against root, AA is > designed to let the admin harden exposed apps without having to think about > the other things on the system.
This is not correct.
SELinux was designed as an access control framework which allows various security models to be composed in a controlled and consistent manner, covering all security-relevant interactions in the system.
The type enforcement model included with it provides a means to address both integrity and confidentiality requirements. It _can_ protect you against root, if that's what you want (in fact, the Russell Coker "play box" was online for many years with a published root password), but it does not have to.
Indeed, since Fedora Core 3, the default SELinux policy has been "targeted", which is aimed at confining exposed applications.
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