linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tomoyo update for v6.12

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Message-ID: <20241005023357.GA20577@wind.enjellic.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 21:33:57 -0500
From: "Dr. Greg" <greg@...ellic.com>
To: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc: John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tomoyo update for v6.12

On Fri, Oct 04, 2024 at 02:58:57PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:

Good evening, I hope the week has gone well for everyone.

> On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 2:40???PM Dr. Greg <greg@...ellic.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 07:27:47PM -0700, John Johansen wrote:
> > > On 10/2/24 03:38, Dr. Greg wrote:
> > > >On Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 09:36:16AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > >>On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 at 07:00, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > The third problem to be addressed, and you acknowledge it above, is
> > that there needs to be a flexible pathway for security innovation on
> > Linux that doesn't require broad based consensus and yet doesn't
> > imperil the kernel.

> The new LSM guidelines are documented at the URL below (and
> available in the README.md file of any cloned LSM tree), the
> document is also linked from the MAINTAINERS file:
>
> https://github.com/LinuxSecurityModule/kernel/blob/main/README.md#new-lsm-guidelines
>
> The guidelines were developed last summer on the LSM mailing list
> with input and edits from a number of LSM developers.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-security-module/CAHC9VhRsxARUsFcJC-5zp9pX8LWbKQLE4vW+S6n-PMG5XJZtDA@mail.gmail.com

We are intimately familiar with those documents.

Our reference was to the need for a technical solution, not political
medicaments.

> paul-moore.com

Have a good weekend.

As always,
Dr. Greg

The Quixote Project - Flailing at the Travails of Cybersecurity
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