[ANNOUNCE] UidSEC 0.1

2007-07-14 Thread Roberto De Ioris
UidSEC LSM This module extends the standard UN*X resource protection model adding some features useful for untrusted multiuser systems Current features * Deny usage of dmesg to unprivileged users * Hide processes of other users to unprivileged users (example: sam can only see his

Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2] file capabilities: change xattr format (v2)

2007-07-14 Thread James Morris
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: Finally, future format compatibility is reduced. If a security.capability xattr is found with too new a version, don't run the binary. I wonder if the behavior of this should be configurable, so that the admin can decide what to do here. She may

Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2/2] file capabilities: change fE to a bool

2007-07-14 Thread James Morris
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: From 3549aced829f84237ddc3ccfa571b8a938cae173 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serge E. Hallyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:17:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] file capabilities: change fE to a bool The fE was previously a full capset

Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2] file capabilities: change xattr format (v2)

2007-07-14 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting James Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: Finally, future format compatibility is reduced. If a security.capability xattr is found with too new a version, don't run the binary. I wonder if the behavior of this should be configurable, so that

[RFC][PATCH] Simplified mandatory access control kernel implementation

2007-07-14 Thread Casey Schaufler
Smack is the Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel. Smack implements mandatory access control (MAC) using labels attached to tasks and data containers, including files, SVIPC, and other tasks. Smack is a kernel based scheme that requires an absolute minimum of application support and a very