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Re: [PATCH] Version 3 (2.6.23-rc8) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel

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To: Alan Cox <alan@...>
Cc: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@...>, Stephen Smalley <sds@...>, James Morris <jmorris@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, <casey@...>, <linux-security-module@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 - 8:18 pm

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Alan Cox wrote:

The problem with SELinux isn't the theory. It's the practice. 

IOW, it's too hard to use.

Apparently Ubuntu is giving up on it too, for that reason.

And what some people seem to have trouble admitting is that theory counts 
for nothing, if the practice isn't there.

So quite frankly, the SELinux people would look at whole lot smarter if 
they didn't blather on about "theory".

		Linus
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Re: [PATCH] Version 3 (2.6.23-rc8) Smack: Simplified Mandato..., Linus Torvalds, (Tue Oct 2, 8:18 pm)
Re: [PATCH] Version 3 (2.6.23-rc8) Smack: Simplified Mandato..., Eric W. Biederman, (Fri Oct 5, 12:45 am)
Re: [PATCH] Version 3 (2.6.23-rc8) Smack: Simplified Mandato..., Kazuki Omo(Company), (Tue Oct 30, 12:01 am)
Re: [PATCH] Version 3 (2.6.23-rc8) Smack: Simplified Mandato..., Eric W. Biederman, (Wed Oct 10, 9:48 am)
Re: [PATCH] Version 3 (2.6.23-rc8) Smack: Simplified Mandato..., Christoph Hellwig, (Sun Sep 30, 5:53 am)
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