On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 20:42 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>
> --- "Randy.Dunlap" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > use that internet thing, e.g., www.dict.org, and
> > look at "conflate".
>
> OK. I am not conflating the policy issues and the
> mechanism issue of SELinux. The mechanisms of SELinux
> lead to the policy issues. A complete set of policies
> for an SELinux system require an unreasonable number
> of rules. This violates the Third item of the TCB
> principle, which is the the TCB must be small enough
> to analyse. The mechanisms are pointless without the
> rules.
>
> Conflating my forehead!
The policy is analyzable, and there are tools (apol and slat) that do
precisely that. Including information flow analysis and invariant
checking. What's your problem, again?
--
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency
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