Ben Steeves wrote:
Hi Folks,
I'm not trying to start a flamewar or anything, this is an innocent question:
Is there any compelling reason to run SELinux on a home system that is mainly "single-user" if you are running a well-configured firewall with almost all services turned off or filtered?
I notice a lot of posts (the NVidia driver one most recently) that report problems going away when SELinux is disabled. I don't enable it on my home machine for this very reason.
Ben,
SELinux is not necessary on ANY configuration. We've lived without it before :) It is highly recommended, because its ANOTHER level of security, but if its just a box at home, I wouldn't worry about it so much.
-Phillip
