Re: what makes linux so secure?

["Todd A. Jacobs" <nospam codegnome org>]

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:

> Another thing is that I really think that for system data, ACLs cause
> more security problems than they help.  Auditting a Linux system is much
> easier than an NT box, because you don't have ACLs to worry with.

Linux is getting ACLs. I haven't checked the 2.5 tree recently, but I'm
pretty sure there are kernel hooks for them now. I'm less sure about
whether there are any utilities for managing them yet, or whether their
use breaks current applications. 

And where the line is drawn between "capabilities" and "ACLs" in the 
kernel is a bit of a mystery to me. I don't think there's much 
docoumentation on it outside the source itself.

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