linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SELinux patches for v5.8

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 12:13:09 +1000 (AEST)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SELinux patches for v5.8

On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> On 6/3/2020 3:12 PM, James Morris wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Jun 2020, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> >
> >> The use of security modules was expected to be rare.
> > This is not correct. Capabilities were ported to LSM and stacked from the 
> > beginning, and several major distros worked on LSM so they could ship 
> > their own security modules.
> 
> Capabilities has always been a special case.
> Until Android adopted SELinux the actual use of LSMs was rare.

Nope, it was enabled by default in several distros and very widely 
deployed in the govt space (at least).

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