Subject: Re: security sysctl? (was: r/o filesystem restrictions for firewall?)
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/24/2000 21:31:54
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 01:36:47PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> I don't at all understand what's "theoretical" about this, or what
> enhancements would be rquired.  The policy enforced at securelevel 
> 2 was designed and implemented *specifically* for this purpose and
> AFAICT works fine.  If you don't understand how to use it to achieve your
> goal, I suggest that you really shouldn't be tinkering with the system's
> security model.

No, actually this is not flexible enouth. We want finer-grained control
over what's allowed and what's not.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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