On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 12:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 21 September 2007, Mike McCarty wrote: > >Karl Larsen wrote: > >> This whole thing reads to me that SELinux is the linux version of > >> Norton or Avguard to Windows. It will capture and keep the offending > >> file from doing it's worst. > >> > >> My friends with Windows cuss both software because it makes a mess > >> out of doing normal things like installing new software. > >> > >> There are very few Linux users. There are millions of Windows users. > >> A guy writing a virus will write it for Windows every time! Now days > >> they are spending time in prison. > >> > >> So I decided to turn off SELinux even though it was not the thing to > >> do according to the loader. I am glad I did so. I don't need the Norton > >> problem on my F7. > > > >Well put. It is a solution to a non-problem. It creates more > >admin worries than it solves. > > > >To put it another way: Where is the vast audience of Linux > >users who have been clamoring for improvements to security > >like those provided by SELinux? > > > >There is an audience of Linux users who are requesting that > >it be removed. > > > +1 ---- this is one of the reasons it won't ever happen... http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/06/15/red-hat-linux-gets-top-government-security-rating_1.html feel free to keep posting your uninformed opinions though and I note that this is clearly one circle where your opinions don't count. -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
