linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.

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Message-ID: <20071206152906.GA3974@ucw.cz>
Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:29:07 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.


> Why not use SELinux?
> 
>  Because SELinux doesn't guarantee filename and its attribute.
>  The purpose of this filesystem is to ensure filename and its attribute
>  (e.g. /dev/null is guaranteed to be a character device file
>  with major=1 and minor=3).

Why not improve selinux to be able to assign label of new file based
on directory label and name?
							Pavel
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