On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 13:04 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > 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. > > Uninformed? Who is more informed about what I like and dislike > than me? I don't know what you mean by "circle", but if you mean > that RH isn't listening, then I agree. > > Also, if by "uninformed" you mean "in regards to security > software in general", then you are mistaken. I have designed > some security software for telephony equipment. > > BTW, it isn't surprising that the government would approve > of someone who follows its recommendations. Security is not > my top priority for my machine. BTW, would you follow ALL > the govt recommendations for securing a machine? I trow not. ---- Obviously Red Hat's sales potential for Mike McCarty driven sales is a low number but Red Hat's sales potential for government installations is likely to be a bit higher. Red Hat is driven by potential sales. I as a user, like you can simply 'disable' SELinux...discussion done. Informed means that you have systems running both with and without SELinux so you have a comparative, subjective comparison to provide something other than the anecdotal whining of those who do not fully understand the tool sets available to maintain a system employing SELinux as a strategy. Thus, yes, I would consider you highly uninformed regarding the usage/impact/worthiness of SELinux as a security layer. As for any software design that you may be familiar with in terms of telephony equipment, technology is changing rapidly and what worked 5 years ago probably isn't very worthy today. -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
