On Fri 2007-12-28 12:23:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:32:09 +0900, Tetsuo Handa said:
>
> > You can run your system with only policy collected by learning mode.
> > Thus, you basically don't need manual intervention.
> > But since there are randomly named files (i.e. temporary files),
> > you pay a little time to modify policy.
> >
> > The learning mode is to save time for permitting commonly accessed
> > resources.
> > Administrator reviews policy collected by learning mode. Thus the
> > readability
> > of policy is important so that administrator can understand what he/she is
> > going to allow or reject.
>
> Please make a *big* notation someplace that "learning mode" is quite likely to
> *not* produce a totally correct policy. In particular, it won't build rules
> for
> infrequently used code paths (such as error handling) unless you find a way to
> exercise those paths while in learning mode.
>
> Particularly fun - when learning mode doesn't create an entry for the logfile
> for I/O errors. Then when one actually happens, you have no idea what it
> was...
Yes... if you disallow access to /etc/nologin (or do something
similary stupid) you can even introduce security hole...
Pavel
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