Thank you, unknown genius!

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Apr 9 21:52:52 UTC 2008


Craig White wrote:
> 
> Bruno is noting that the current methods of exploitation tend to be web
> pages, flash, java, media files and a firewall isn't going to be of much
> help with this type of intrusion but selinux clearly could be a layer of
> use here.

Does it actually prevent browser plugins from doing things that the 
running user can't do in the default configuration?

> Yes, disabling SELinux is certainly always possible, and in fact quite
> easy to do but that doesn't mean that it's the best choice possible.

On the other hand, if you have a limited amount of time it might be 
better spent getting the simple layers right than on learning a complex 
add-on layer that is still new enough that you can expect bugs.

-- 
    Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com





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