Gentoo Archives: gentoo-hardened

From: Petre Rodan <kaiowas@g.o>
To: gentoo-hardened@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] SELinux implemented services
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:51:20
Message-Id: 42CBFD99.6090309@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-hardened] SELinux implemented services by "Tóth Attila"
1 Hi,
2
3 Tóth Attila wrote:
4 > I'm about to set up a new box. It'll run Hardened Gentoo (suprise!) - what
5 > else?
6 > Beside providing usual services (ssh, mail, etc.), it would also function
7 > as a (uhm..) desktop (i know, i know...).
8 > I'm hesitating between Grsec and SELinux.
9 > I'm already quite familiar with Grsec, but I have just some limited
10 > knowledge and experience on SELinux. IMHO, a regular desktop system should
11 > also have effective security features enforced nowdays.
12 > Has anybody running xorg on an SELinux box (i know, i know)?
13 >
14 > Are there any working policies for, or has anybody ever sucessfully used
15 > the following list of deamons?sendmail
16 > dovecot
17 > (cyrus-imapd?)
18
19 not sure about sendmail as I don't use it, but the other two don't have a gentoo policy.
20 there is policy available for them on the selinux.sf.net CVS.
21 a quick view here:
22
23 http://dev.gentoo.org/~kaiowas/policy/nsa/domains/program/unused/cyrus.te
24 http://dev.gentoo.org/~kaiowas/policy/nsa/domains/program/unused/dovecot.te
25 http://dev.gentoo.org/~kaiowas/policy/nsa/file_contexts/program/cyrus.fc
26 http://dev.gentoo.org/~kaiowas/policy/nsa/file_contexts/program/dovecot.fc
27
28 > spamd
29 > clamd
30
31 I use these two on a production server so their policy should be up-to-date.
32 courier-imap is also supported if you hesitate about cyrus-imapd.
33
34 > BTW, which MTA suit would you recommend to use with SELinux?
35
36 we have policy for qmail and postfix
37
38 > Should I stick to my good old Grsec RBAC policy if I hope for desktop
39 > functionality?
40
41 some have reported success with the not-yet-supported x11 policy.
42 you can test it to see if it fits
43
44 http://dev.gentoo.org/~kaiowas/distfiles/selinux-x11-[get_the_latest]
45
46 szia,
47 peter
48
49 --
50 petre rodan
51 <kaiowas@g.o>
52 Developer,
53 Hardened Gentoo Linux

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