--- Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:

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> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 20:46 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> ...
> > +Smack does not implement Domain Type Enforcement (DTE). If
> > +you want DTE Linux has an implementation called SELinux.
> > +Those who really want DTE are encouraged to use SELinux.
> > +Those who don't know what DTE is are encouraged to compare
> > +SELinux with Smack to determine which mechanisms are best
> > +suited to the problem at hand.
> 
> Nit: SELinux does not implement DTE.  DTE was a scheme introduced by Lee
> Badger et al to apply implicit typing based on pathname as a variant of
> the original type enforcement model.  SELinux is an implementation of
> the Flask security architecture for flexible MAC, along with an example
> security server that implements RBAC, TE, and MLS models, but not
> limited to them.

Okey Dokey. I'll fix that up.

Thank you for the review. I will have a look at all of the
individual comments.



Casey Schaufler
casey@schaufler-ca.com
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