On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 11:20 -0700, T. 'Nifty New Hat' Mitchell wrote:
And maybe a Nifty New Clock/TZ - or a Nifty Fast Route? This just in -
seems to be several hours slow? ;^)
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 01:58:20PM -0700, Rami Saarinen wrote:
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At this point a single user machine with all service connections
turned off there is no compelling reason to run SELinux.
Sure turned me off, and vice versa - back about test 2.
The whole purpose of SELinux is to place limits on applications and
users to improve the security of user data and compartmentalize
activities. It it is only you why bother because there are no groups
or activities to isolate. So except for education and caution why
bother.
However in the context of large user count machines and large
enterprises SELinux will find a home.
Yup - makes sense for work.
For me the education part is important.
That's about the only reason I can come up with for running it at home,
but guess that part of my education may have to wait a bit.
T o m M i t c h e l l
/dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.
So does that complement </dev/random? (Sorry seem to be in a Smart ^$$
mood tonight. :-)
Phil