Re: default user context on fedorapeople.org

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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:33:26 -0400
Konstantin Ryabitsev <icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 2012-03-27 at 17:17 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> > And that is the more or less it - does anyone have any
> > suggestions/thoughts? 
> 
> You don't have to limit yourself to picking between user_u or guest_u.
> You can create another role, such as "fedorauser_u" that is basically
> guest_u, except you can then add specific policies via SELinux roles,
> such as:
> 
> irc_role(fedorauser_t, fedorauser_r)
> 
> Which should let them run an IRC client such as irsii.
> 
> On the other hand, just setting user_u is a good start and a lot less
> work.


Except it is more or less where we are now.

ie: user can run stuff but they cannot put any exec or suid files in
any place they can write.

The debate is not about whether or not to enable this - it is about
whether we need to allow network connections at all.

Allowing irc out or ssh tunnels is not significant more safety
over just allowing general network communication, afaict.

-sv

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