Re: Mandatory Access Control was Re: Plans for gnome-vfs replacement

2006-09-20 Thread Daniel J Walsh
David Malcolm wrote: [adding sgrubb, dwalsh and walters to CC] On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 18:12 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote: [snip intro paragraph] So, I think the time has come for a serious look at what gnome-vfs could be. I've spent much time last week thinking about the weaknesses

Re: Mandatory Access Control was Re: Plans for gnome-vfs replacement

2006-09-20 Thread Mark Seaborn
David Malcolm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Maybe there's a way to implement a trusted filechooser and only allow the app access to files which the user has selected in the GUI? This is what Plash implements (see http://plash.beasts.org). This kind of file chooser is known as a powerbox, taking

RE: Mandatory Access Control was Re: Plans for gnome-vfs replacement

2006-09-20 Thread Bastian, Waldo
David Malcolm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Maybe there's a way to implement a trusted filechooser and only allow the app access to files which the user has selected in the GUI? This is what Plash implements (see http://plash.beasts.org). This kind of file chooser is known as a powerbox, taking

Mandatory Access Control was Re: Plans for gnome-vfs replacement

2006-09-19 Thread David Malcolm
[adding sgrubb, dwalsh and walters to CC] On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 18:12 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote: [snip intro paragraph] So, I think the time has come for a serious look at what gnome-vfs could be. I've spent much time last week thinking about the weaknesses and problems of the current