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poma pomidorabelisima at gmail.com
Fri Jan 16 18:57:50 UTC 2015


On 16.01.2015 19:47, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> 
> On 01/16/2015 07:47 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Fri, 2015-01-16 at 08:28 +0100, Heinz Diehl wrote:
>>> On 16.01.2015, Tim wrote: 
>>>
>>>> Of course *you* do not *use* it, it's there as a protective device
>>>> against *things* on your system.
>>> Any recent Linux distribution can be secured without using selinux.
>>> Selinux requires at least basic knowledge and administration. Most of
>>> the people I installed Linux for didn't even know it was there or what
>>> it's good for.
>> You mean like the fuses in your house or the airbag in your car? When
>> Selinux is working you don't know it's there. When it alerts you it
>> means there's something wrong. I agree that the alerts are not always as
>> clear as they might be, but it's a fallacy to suggest that it doesn't
>> provide benefit.
>>
>> poc
>>
> Here is a case of SELinux protecting your house.
> 
> http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/71122.html
> 

Not to fall to false sense of security, does SElinux need SElinux?




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