| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches (for CommitFest:Sep) |
| Date: | 2008-09-24 15:32:16 |
| Message-ID: | 48DA5D80.2000205@gmx.net |
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Aidan Van Dyk wrote:
> * Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> [080924 00:15]:
>
>> But I do think
>> it's worthwhile to ask whether it makes sense to introduce a bunch of
>> features that are only usable to people running SELinux.
>
> Actually, I'ld go one stroke farther, and ask:
> Does it make sense to introduce a bunch of features that are only
> usable to people *able to write proper SELinux policy sets* (or whatever
> they are called).
I consider this a valid concern, but given that some people want MAC and
no one has shown a better way to implement MAC than SELinux, you can
hardly use that as an objection against this particular patch.
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