init labeling question for targeted policy

[Russell Coker]

On Sunday 28 November 2004 04:30, Colin Walters <walters at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 05:03 -0800, Karsten Wade wrote:
> > init is started with the unconfined_t context?  Was this behavior that
> > changed between FC2 and FC3, or am I missing something fundamental here?
>
> I think the distinction is just targeted vs. strict policy; FC2 didn't
> have targeted.  So basically everything just starts out as unconfined,
> including the kernel, and then transitions happen for a few specific
> domains like httpd_t.  For strict policy, I think it's pretty much as
> Russell described it.  Does that answer your question?

Incidentally I wrote the article for FC2 and then quickly updated it for FC3.  
I probably should have added more material about targeted policy.

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