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Re: disablenetwork() syscall?

To: Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: disablenetwork() syscall?
From: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:59:32 +1000 (EST)
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Pekka Savola wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In a bugtraq thread, DJ Bernstein brought up an idea which I'm not sure 
> has been brought up in the past.

Such a feature already exists in SELinux.

>  I'm not sure whether it's feasible or 
> not, but at least it (and other methods to limit the functions of a 
> user-level code) might bear consideration.

This is precisely what LSM is for, so new security models can be 
implemented without any direct effect on the core kernel.


- James
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James Morris
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