Re: Linux Security Module Interface

[Crispin Cowan <crispin@wirex.com>]

Milan Pikula - WWW wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Crispin Cowan wrote:
>
> W>One of the byproducts of the Linux 2.5 Kernel Summit
> W>http://lwn.net/2001/features/KernelSummit/ was the notion of an
> W>enhancement of the loadable kernel module interface to facilitate
> W>security-oriented kernel modules.  The purpose is to ease the tension
> W>between folks (such as Immunix and SELinux) who want to add substantial
> W>security capabilities to the kernel, and other folks who want to
> W>minimize kernel bloat & have no use for such security extensions.
>
> This all sounds like re-inventing a wheel. Such activities already
> exist - the interface we are talking about is now named GACI,
> Generic Access Control Interface, and it has mailing list somewhere
> in Germany. Don't know the subscribe address, but the list address
> is gaci@compuniverse.de. I am sure that you will find some archives
> about this and join the existing comunity instead of creating something,
> which is exactly the same.

Yup, found it http://www.compuniverse.com/lwgate/GACI/   Five messages in
the last four months; looks pretty dead.  There's no description of what
it's about, and a random survey of the archives didn't help me figure out
what GACI is about, so I can't tell whether they're actually the same or
not.  So I think we'll carry on anyway :-)

Note to self: create linux-security-module home page to describe what it's
about ;-)

Crispin

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Chief Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com
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