Re: Time to remove LSM (was Re: [RESEND][RFC][PATCH 2/7] implementation of LSM hooks)

From: Lars Marowsky-Bree
Date: Mon Apr 24 2006 - 08:44:09 EST


On 2006-04-24T13:42:31, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > That is about the dumbest argument I've heard so far, sorry.
> Its the conclusion of most security experts I know that broken security
> is worse than no security at all.

That would be the case of a security model the admin doesn't understand,
either because it is too complex (SELinux) or because it is too simple
as to invite sloppishness (AA), according to which side you ask. Hard
call.


Sincerely,
Lars Marowsky-Brée

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High Availability & Clustering
SUSE Labs, Research and Development
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