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Re: systrace replacement



On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Jonathan Schleifer
<js-netbsd-users%webkeks.org@localhost> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I already asked for a replacement when systrace was removed from the tree.
> The answer back then was a bit unclear, it was something like "we have
> something in the kernel that could provide something similar, but we don't
> have any userland tool to configure that". Now, as NetBSD 5 isn't so far
> away anymore, I wanted to ask this again, so I know if I need an update plan
> or whether I have to skip NetBSD 5.0 and propably even 5.x completely, or if
> there has been any change recently introducing something similar? If not,
> will something similar be in NetBSD 6?
>
> PS: I know that there are some flaws in systrace. Still, it's better than
> nothing. There's no need to start that discussion again, as we already had
> it back then when it was removed. But a replacement for systrace doesn't
> necessarily have to have the same issues. For example, SELinux doesn't have
> them, either.
>

I missed the reply you referenced above.  Was the suggestion of kernel
stuff related to secmodel?


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