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Re: Updated SELinux Release



On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 23:06, Colin Walters wrote:
> Why don't we just run say EROS (http://www.eros-
> os.org/) instead?  A: Because what makes SELinux interesting is that it
> can run all of our legacy software.  By not shipping it on everywhere,
> we're not tapping that ability.

Some of us might argue that the EROS security model is inadequate...
See DTMach/DTOS/Flask papers and reports for discussion of why
capability-based models leave something to be desired.

-- 
Stephen Smalley <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil>
National Security Agency



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