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Subject: [Erlug] [Fwd: Announce: RSBAC v1.2.3 released]
From: "Guido [Zen] Bolognesi" <zen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 23:09:38 +0200
Mi pare degno di nota.

-----Forwarded Message-----
> From: Amon Ott <ao@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: RSBAC <rsbac@xxxxxxxxx>, RSBAC-Announce <rsbac-announce@xxxxxxxxx>, 
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Suse-Security <suse-security@xxxxxxxx>, 
> sec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Announce: RSBAC v1.2.3 released
> Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:06:11 +0200
> 
> 
> Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) v1.2.3 has been released! Full 
> information and downloads are available from http://www.rsbac.org
> 
> We are also proud to announce the relaunch of our Website and a set of 
> worldwide mirrors.
> 
> RSBAC Key Features:
> 
>     * Free Open Source (GPL) Linux kernel security extension
>     * Independent of governments and big companies
>     * Several well-known and new security models, e.g. MAC, ACL and RC
>     * Control over individual user and program network accesses
>     * Any combination of models possible
>     * Easily extendable: write your own model for runtime registration
>     * Now includes on-access virus scanning with Dazuko interface
>     * Support for current kernels in 2.4 and 2.6 series
>     * Stable for production use since January 2000
> 
> Between the first upload and this announcement, the first important 
> security bugfixes had to be released, too, which also apply to previous 
> versions. You can always find the latest bugfixes at 
> http://www.rsbac.org/download/bugfixes, they are already included in some 
> of the pre-patched kernel sources (-bfX) at 
> http://www.rsbac.org/download/kernels/v1.2.3/
> 
> 
> New features in RSBAC v1.2.3:
> 
> General:
>     * Port to 2.6 kernel series with many internal changes
>     * Full log separation between system and RSBAC log
>     * Improved hiding of unaccessible processes
> 
> AUTH:
>     * Learning mode, global and per-process
> 
> RC:
>     * System boot role, now separate from root's role
>     * Extra process type for kernel threads for explicit access control
>     * Types for user objects
> 
> DAZ:
>     * New 100% compatible Dazuko (www.dazuko.org) module
>     * On-access scanning through user space antivirus daemons
>     * In-kernel scanning result cache, speeding it all up significantly
> 
> ACL:
>     * Global learning mode
> 
> PAX:
>     * New PaX support module
> 
> JAIL:
>     * Several security related and other bugfixes (it is strongly 
>       recommended to update)
>     * Linux capability restrictions for jailed processes
> 
> MAC:
>     * Trusted-for-user list instead of single value
> 
> 
> Please forward this announcement to where you think it is applicable, e.g. 
> local or national security lists, newspapers or magazines, or your 
> favourite Internet forum.
> 
> Feedback is always welcome!
> 
> Amon.
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