Re: TOMOYO Linux Security Goal

2007-12-29 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:29:50 +0900, Tetsuo Handa said: > Use of "learning mode" is independent from "correct policy". My point *exactly*. > The "learning mode" merely takes your duty of appending permissions to policy. > We can develop and share procedures for how to exercise infrequently used c

Re: TOMOYO Linux Security Goal

2007-12-29 Thread Tetsuo Handa
Hello. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 p

Re: [PATCH] security: remove security_sb_post_mountroot hook

2007-12-29 Thread James Morris
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > The security_sb_post_mountroot() hook is long-since obsolete, and is > fundamentally broken: it is never invoked if someone uses initramfs. > This is particularly damaging, because the existence of this hook has > been used as motivation for not using i

Re: [PATCH] security: remove security_sb_post_mountroot hook

2007-12-29 Thread Casey Schaufler
--- "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The security_sb_post_mountroot() hook is long-since obsolete, and is > fundamentally broken: it is never invoked if someone uses initramfs. > This is particularly damaging, because the existence of this hook has > been used as motivation for not u

[PATCH] security: remove security_sb_post_mountroot hook

2007-12-29 Thread H. Peter Anvin
The security_sb_post_mountroot() hook is long-since obsolete, and is fundamentally broken: it is never invoked if someone uses initramfs. This is particularly damaging, because the existence of this hook has been used as motivation for not using initramfs. Stephen Smalley confirmed on 2007-07-19 t

Re: TOMOYO Linux Security Goal

2007-12-29 Thread Pavel Machek
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. tempor