Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1268)

From: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1268)
Date: 2008-12-11 16:24:54
Message-ID: 49413ED6.5030306@kaigai.gr.jp
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On Thursday 11 December 2008 17:09:25 Tom Lane wrote:
>> I think there should be only *one* underlying column and that it should
>> be manipulable by either SQL commands or selinux. Otherwise you're
>> making a lie of the primary argument for having the SQL feature at all.
>
> Well, an SQL-manipulated row security column will probably have a content like
>
> {joe=rw/bob,staff=r/bob}
>
> An SELinux-aware row security column will probably have a content like
>
> blah_t:foo_t:quux_t
>
> And a Solaris TX-aware security column will probably have a content like
>
> Classified
>
> How can we stick all of these in the same column at the same time?

To choose it on compile-time option is the most simple approach.

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