On 9/21/07, Res <res@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > > If SELinux was such an "terrific and compelling approach", upstream > > Linux and other distros would have adopted it _years ago_ with standing > > ovations - Fact is: Nobody did. > > => This is developers and maintainers having doubts on SELinux. > > > > Ralf > > > > > > Well put. Most of us in charge of ISP's, OSP's etc, wont touch it, > because it has given many people in many companies, in many places around > the world, many headaches, which I guess is why most DC's I've known to > run RH, have all but 1 dumped it in moves to either Slackware or Debian, > and if the suggestion made by someone that Debian is going the same way, > then they will see an exodus as well going by trends on whats discussed at > BBQ's on Saturday afternoons, they need to remember, senior network > managers/engineers from competing networks in same cities tend to all know > each other, and we all have many get-togethers, it only takes one > person to mention a problem with a certain bit of software, even if just > as a passing comment, it tends to stay in our minds, we will never make > more work for ourselves than we already have. Selinux is another layer of security, it isn't a replacement of any security layers, I see no reason why anyone feels such apparently hostility to this piece of technology. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
