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SubjectRe: [AppArmor 39/45] AppArmor: Profile loading and manipulation, pathname matching
On 2007-06-22T07:53:47, Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:

> > No the "incomplete" mediation does not flow from the design. We have
> > deliberately focused on doing the necessary modifications for pathname
> > based mediation. The IPC and network mediation are a wip.
> The fact that you have to go back to the drawing board for them is that
> you didn't get the abstraction right in the first place.

That's an interesting claim, however I don't think it holds. AA was
designed to mediate file access in a form which is intuitive to admins.

It's to be expected that it doesn't directly apply to mediating other
forms of access.

> I think we must have different understandings of the words "generalize"
> and "analyzable". Look, if I want to be able to state properties about
> data flow in the system for confidentiality or integrity goals (my
> secret data can never leak to unauthorized entities, my critical data
> can never be corrupted/tainted by unauthorized entities - directly or
> indirectly),

I seem to think that this is not what AA is trying to do, so evaluating
it in that context doesn't seem useful. It's like saying a screw driver
isn't a hammer, so it is useless because you have a nail.


Regards,
Lars

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