On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 11:03 -0600, Chris Adams wrote: > I originally posted this to the RHEL5 list, but someone pointed me to > this list (I didn't realize there was an SELinux list). > > I have done some minor SELinux customizations with a module, and now I'm > trying to do something a little more complicated. > > I want to allow a CGI to do a "whois" lookup. It is a perl script that > is attempting to open a TCP socket to port 43. I ran audit2allow, but I > think the generated rule allows CGIs to open outbound sockets to any > port. I'd rather just allow TCP to port 43. > > I don't see a defined whois port type, and I don't know quite how to > define it myself in a module. > > Help? Possibly something like this: $ vi whois.te policy_module(whois, 1.0) type whois_port_t, port_type; :wq $ make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile whois.pp $ su # semodule -i whois.pp # semanage port -a -t whois_port_t -p tcp 43 -- Stephen Smalley National Security Agency -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list