On 9/21/07, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > Thoughtful "Hmm". That's a really terrible argument. Since when do people clamor for more security?? -- 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
