[Wolves] Nsa using linux

[Peter Cannon]

On Thursday 24 August 2006 21:21, James Daley wrote:

> Saw this site and thought it was interesting. The American NSA(Hush Hush)
> is developing a super secure version of Linux. Its called SELinux, don't
> know whether there carrying this on from some other groups work, anyone
> know? 

Hi James

SELinux has been around for ages in Fedora Core SuSE has its own version 
called AppArmor. These two solutions are really a quasi second fiewall 
controlling applications and their installation and functionality by either 
letting them install/run. In effect it will stop applications executing or 
accessing resources so its not a 'Flavor of Linux' its a security feature of 
Linux.

For the 'home user' both solutions can be a pain in the arse (I always disable 
mine) if you have a good firewall and the relevant ports locked down the home 
user really has no need for it after all 'ITS YOU USING IT" so surely you 
trust yourself??

However I'm sure there are those who will now demonstrate why its good.

I'm not convinced it has a place in the business world either as a good 
sysadmin should be able to control what users are allowed to install/run.

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Regards
Peter Cannon
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