On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 10:01:27AM -0800, Stewart Stremler spake thusly:
> Last I recall, getting the root password to your SE Linux box got a
> shell with no access to any tools anywhere.

On the contrary, you can run any program a normal user would be able to
run. You can compile any code you want, ftp in anything you want, etc. You
can even install anything you want in  your own $HOME. A programmer should
be able to do his job completely in such an environment.

> What we need is an inexperienced programmer writing real code that needs
> setuid access (so says the programer), and an inexperienced administrator to
> install and run the code (so fancy SELinux configuration is out).

Fancy SE Linux configuration is out for the moment but I bet we will have
more dynamic secure and self-configuring policies via a sort of "learn
mode" for SE Linux in the near future that will let inexperienced
administrators do their thing.

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