On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 12:35 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > 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. > > > > > Well I have as much right to my fully developed position on this > list as you have your "gut feeling". I say it is not at all likely that > a virus will be written for Linux. What do you say to that? You think it > is possible so it needs to be fixed. ---- my gut feeling vs your fully developed position? Do you actually expect a response to that? Of course there will be various virii/trojan horses/exploits of all types that will affect linux implementations in the future. They exist now. ---- > > We have a half wit President in Bush and I can't get him out of > office. I don't loose sleep or write 50 messages. I know what I can not > change. ---- I am no fan of GWB and could go on and on about this subject but this isn't the proper forum. -- Craig White <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
