linux-kernel - Re: Preview of changes to the Security susbystem for 2.6.36

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Message-ID: <20100802163602.GU3948@outflux.net>
Date:	Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:36:02 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
To:	Christian Stroetmann <stroetmann@...olinux.com>
Cc:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Preview of changes to the Security susbystem for 2.6.36

Hi Christian,

On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 12:19:54PM +0200, Christian Stroetmann wrote:
> But we discussed as well that the problem of chaining of small or
> large LSMs is not an argument for the existence of the Yama LSM, and
> that the LSM architecture should be developed further so that all of
> the functionalities of other securtiy packages without an LSM can be
> integrated as a whole by a new version of the LSM system in the
> future and not by ripping them of like it was done with the Yama LSM
> [3].
> You can see these objections [3] as a second NAK, but now from a
> company's developer (I haven't said this before, because I'm not a
> hard core kernel developer).

I'm not sure I understand you, exactly. Are you saying that Yama should not
exist because it might grow into a large LSM?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
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