Re: [Security-Discuss] tcb support under Mandriva

FACORAT Fabrice <[email protected]> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:17:48 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.security.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Le vendredi 25 ao=FBt 2006 18:55, Vincent Danen a =E9crit=A0:
> * FACORAT Fabrice <[email protected]> [2006-08-25 18:17:56 +0200]:
> > http://www.builderau.com.au/program/linux/soa/Migrating_from_shadow_pas=
sw
> >ords_to_tcb_in_Linux/0,39028297,39269540,00.htm
> >
> > I've read your article about tcb support under Linux and I'm willing to
> > know if the needed patch have been integrated in the required tools in
> > Mandriva ?
>
> Nope.
>
> It shouldn't be too hard to integrate it tho.  I don't know if Mandriva
> has any interest in it, and it's a little late in the game to get it in
> there for 2007 I think.  It would require patching glibc (to get
> blowfish support, which we should do anyways) and a few userland tools
> (mostly shadow-utils I think).  And the proper rpms (which can be taken
> from Annvix and modified for use with Mandriva... should take all of 5
> minutes).
>
> There would be some distinct advantages (tcb over shadow rocks), but
> normally my ideas are shot down so I haven't even bothered proposing it.

IMHO you should, maybe for Corporate.

Do you info about the evolution of RSBAC support ? they managed to do a too=
l ?=20
they will no longer do it ?

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