Turning off SELINUX

Joe Zeff joe at zeff.us
Thu Sep 5 21:56:01 UTC 2013


On 09/05/2013 01:41 PM, Javier Perez wrote:
> After reading this, I am turning off SELINUX
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security
>

What, if anything, does this have to do with SELinux?  SELinux is all 
about making sure malicious or badly-written code doesn't damage your 
machine and has nothing whatsoever to do with encryption.  Don't throw 
the baby out instead of the bathwater.


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