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Re: Context translation and MLS categories

From: Stephen Smalley <sds_at_tycho.nsa.gov>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:11:15 -0500


On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 12:35 -0500, Ivan Gyurdiev wrote:
> >> 1) We translate the entire range when displaying
> >> 2) When modifying the range, we unroll the user's range as (s,c) pairs,
> >> then translate each of them, and present them as required clearances to
> >> be added or removed
> >>
> >
> > In general, you can't unroll it in this manner. It may make sense to do
> > so for a particular policy (e.g. MCS in particular), but not in the
> > general case for MLS.
> >
> Can you give an example?

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-8123/6j7ktfm62?a=view http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-8123/6j7ktfm7h?a=view

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Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency


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