Re: /etc/selinux/ directory structure...

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On 07/15/2009 11:25 AM, Hasan Rezaul-CHR010 wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I work on a product that uses Linux Kernel 2.6.21.  We are 
> currently using the following SELinux libs and related package
> versions:
> 
> checkpolicy      1.33.1
> libselinux       2.0.13
> libsemanage      2.0.1
> libsepol         2.0.3
> libsetrans       0.1.18
> policycoreutils  2.0.16
> 
> I am implementing the "Strict" policy. And so I see the directory
> structure on my machine as:  
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> /etc/selinux/config  
> /etc/selinux/restorecond.conf  
> /etc/selinux/semanage.conf
> 
> /etc/selinux/strict/
> /etc/selinux/strict/contexts/
> /etc/selinux/strict/modules/
> /etc/selinux/strict/policy/
> /etc/selinux/strict/setrans.conf
> /etc/selinux/strict/seusers
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> We are moving to a newer Linux version 2.6.27 (that's packaged for us by
> a third-party company), and as a result of this newer OS delivery, we
> will automatically get moved to the SELinux package version:
> 
> checkpolicy      svn2950
> libselinux       svn2950
> libsemanage      svn2950
> libsepol         svn2950
> libsetrans       N/A
> policycoreutils  svn2950
> 
> 
> ** My questions are:
> 
> 1. I see the  /etc/selinux/   directory structure is quite different for
> the svn2950 version!  Is it supposed to be that way ?
> 
> 2. Is the difference in directory structure due to the svn2950 package
> version, or is it because of a newer Linux kernel version ? (Linux
> 2.6.21  vs.  Linux 2.6.27)
> 
> 3. Is the 'strict' policy supported in this svn2950 version?
> 
> 4. In the LATEST officially released version(s) of the Selinux packages
> from http://userspace.selinuxproject.org/trac/wiki/Releases, is the
> /etc/selinux/  directory structure the same as I have described in the
> ---  block  ---   above, or did it change ?
> 
> 5. Does the LATEST officially supported versions still support "strict"
> policy, or does it only support "targeted" ??
> 
> 6. Has the concept of "targeted" policy changed since about two years
> ago ?
> 
> Thanks in advance for all your help.


What is your security goals for using strict policy.  If it is confining the user, then you have this available in targeted policy.  If you do not want any unconfined domains to run on the system you can get this also, by removing the unconfined.pp and unconfineduser.pp modules.

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