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Subject: Re: Breaking out kern_mac.c into multiple files
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, John-Mark Gurney wrote:

> Can the MAC framework be loaded as a module?  If so, then
> sys/(security/)?/mac is my vote.  If it's going to be an intregal part
> of the system that will be standard, then kern/ is open. 

Nope -- the MAC Framework permits you to plug in modules, but it cannot
(itself) be made into a module.  Either you got it, or you don't :-).

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Network Associates Laboratories