Re: [Patch 7/7] IBAC Patch

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> > > This is a new Integrity Based Access Control(IBAC) LSM module which 
> > > bases access control decisions on the new integrity framework services. 
> > > IBAC is a sample LSM module to help clarify the interaction between 
> > > LSM and Linux Integrity Modules(LIM).
> > > 
> > >    - Updated Kconfig SECURITY_IBAC description
> > >      and SECURITY_IBAC_BOOTPARAM default value
> > >    - Prefixed all log messages with "ibac:"
> > >    - Redefined a couple of 'int' variables as 'static int'
> > > 
> > > signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>
> > > ---
> > > Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4-mm1/security/ibac/Kconfig
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4-mm1/security/ibac/Kconfig
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> > > +config SECURITY_IBAC
> > > +	boolean "IBAC support"
> > > +	depends on SECURITY && SECURITY_NETWORK && INTEGRITY
> > > +	help
> > > +	  Integrity Based Access Control(IBAC) uses the Linux
> > > +	  Integrity Module(LIM) API calls to verify an executable's
> > > +	  metadata and data's integrity.  Based on the results,
> > > +	  execution permission is permitted/denied.  Integrity
> > > +	  providers may implement the LIM hooks differently.  For
> > > +	  more information on integrity verification refer to the
> > > +	  specific integrity provider documentation.
> > 
> > ...sounds like pseudosecurity piece of **** whose only purpose is to
> > prevent computer's owner to hack his own system?
> > 
> > Why do we want it?
> 
> I assume, as it says not too far above, we want it as
> 
> 	"a sample LSM module to help clarify the interaction between LSM
> 	and Linux Integrity Modules(LIM)"
> 
> Since the LIM stuff is infrastructure code, a simple user is nice of her
> to provide, like the root_plug LSM.
> 
> Perhaps the comments should warn that using this for real by itself
> would be trivial to work around?

Certainly. And I'm not sure if we are not carying enough example code
already :-).
							Pavel
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