linux-kernel - Re: AppArmor FAQ

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Message-ID: <20070417181016.GA10903@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:10:16 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Karl MacMillan <kmacmill@...hat.com>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	John Johansen <jjohansen@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AppArmor FAQ

On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 01:47:39PM -0400, James Morris wrote:
> Normal applications need zero modification under SELinux.
> 
> Some applications which manage security may need to be made SELinux-aware, 

Anything that can touch /etc/resolv.conf? That's potentially a lot of binaries
if you consider anything scripts could do with it.

> although this can often be done with PAM plugins, which is a standard way 
> to do this kind of thing in modern Unix & Linux OSs.

PAM plugins in vi and emacs? Scary idea.

And what do you do if someone decides to use OpenOffice to edit their
/etc/resolv.conf? For a lot of people that's the only text editor 
they know.

-Andi

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