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Daniel J Walsh dwalsh at redhat.com
Fri Jan 16 18:47:24 UTC 2015


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


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