Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.

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--- Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:29:07 GMT, Pavel Machek said:
> > 
> > > Why not use SELinux?
> > > 
> > >  Because SELinux doesn't guarantee filename and its attribute.
> > >  The purpose of this filesystem is to ensure filename and its attribute
> > >  (e.g. /dev/null is guaranteed to be a character device file
> > >  with major=1 and minor=3).
> > 
> > Why not improve selinux to be able to assign label of new file based
> > on directory label and name?
> 
> The problem isn't the label, it's the *other* attributes...
> 
> What happens if /dev/null has the correct SELinux label, but the major/minor
> is 1,27 rather than 1,3?

Isn't this the kind of thing that Bastille is good for?


Casey Schaufler
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