Security-Enhanced Linux secures the irssi processes via flexible mandatory access control.
The irssi processes execute with the irssi_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps command with the -Z qualifier.
For example:
ps -eZ | grep irssi_t
The irssi_t SELinux type can be entered via the irssi_exec_t file type.
The default entrypoint paths for the irssi_t domain are the following:
You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to psP Policy governs the access confined processes have to files. SELinux irssi policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their irssi processes in as secure a method as possible.
The following process types are defined for irssi:
irssi_t
Note: semanage permissive -a irssi_t can be used to make the process type irssi_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permissive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.
If you want to allow the Irssi IRC Client to connect to any port, and to bind to any unreserved port, you must turn on the irssi_use_full_network boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P irssi_use_full_network 1
If you want to allow users to resolve user passwd entries directly from ldap rather then using a sssd server, you must turn on the authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1
If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P fips_mode 1
If you want to allow confined applications to run with kerberos, you must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1
If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.
setsebool -P nis_enabled 1
If you want to allow confined applications to use nscd shared memory, you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Enabled by default.
setsebool -P nscd_use_shm 1
The SELinux process type irssi_t can manage files labeled with the following file types. The paths listed are the default paths for these file types. Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.
cifs_t
ecryptfs_t
/home/[^/]+/.Private(/.*)?
/home/[^/]+/.ecryptfs(/.*)?
fusefs_t
/var/run/user/[^/]*/gvfs
irssi_home_t
nfs_t
semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a process type is permissive.
semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove policy modules.
semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans
system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings.