>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tom> However, wouldn't it still be necessary to patch programs written Tom> for the traditional UN*X model so that they could see the ACL's, Tom> and respect the more fine-grained control when present? FWIW, there are already Linux patches out there, that allow the kernel to use ACL's (grsecurity), and MAC (SELinux), and I haven't heard anything about broken programs. I'd imagine the only programs that would need to change are the ones that would need to fiddle with the security bits directly (chmod, etc.). -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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