linux-kernel - Re: [AppArmor 01/41] Pass struct vfsmount to the inode

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Date:	Sat, 26 May 2007 14:45:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>
cc:	casey@...aufler-ca.com, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [AppArmor 01/41] Pass struct vfsmount to the inode_create LSM
 hook

On Sat, 26 May 2007, Kyle Moffett wrote:

> AppArmor).  On the other hand, if you actually want to protect the _data_,
> then tagging the _name_ is flawed; tag the *DATA* instead.

Bingo.  

(This is how traditional Unix DAC has always functioned, and is what 
SELinux does: object labeling).


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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