I wonder when AdaOS will be done? :-)
On 7/18/06, LiteStar numnums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You all seem to forget that this is a merging of anal retentive technologies from a US government bureacracy and the anarchy of 'Linux', which is not really a single anything accept a tree with lots and lots of code. This is the same US goverment (although not the same bureaucracy) that unleashed NIEM ( niem.gov) onto the world, XML with no less than NINE NAMESPACES, which is supposed to be used for critical (read: things like 'Oh, the leavies may have been breached') data... On a lighter note, I've always been happy with TrustedBSD & TrustedSolaris, or OpenVMS ;-) On 7/18/06, David Leimbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/18/06, Ronald G Minnich <[email protected]> wrote: > > David Leimbach wrote: > > > > > It (SELINUX) was easily turned off with a switch in a conf file, but > > > it's such a pain in the ass, I don't know why it's in a "FC" style > > > distribution at all. > > > > The bigger question, which I can't quite figure out yet, is does selinux > > provide some magic dust that in turn provides a level of security not > > attainable any other way (i.e. in something like Plan 9) ... or, is it a > > set of hacks to cover for an obsolete way of doing things. I am tending > > toward thinking the latter, now that I've worked with it a bit. Watch > > the discussions on labeling files, it's interesting, because the label > > namespace seems to be fragmenting already. > > > > ron > > > > It's very clearly add-on technology to make up for something people > felt was unmanageable in Unix. However do we really need both ACLs > and SELINUX contexts? Do our files really need to have named hidden > data to store this crap in? > > I've honestly not read any papers justifying the need for ACLs or > SELINUX controls. > > I suddenly miss DOS. > > Dave > -- Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny, To that goal long ago to me assigned. I'll follow and not falter; if my will Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on. -- Epictetus He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac
