Re: How best get rid of SELinux?

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On 9/21/07, Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
> >> > Mambo Exploit Blocked by SELinux
> >> > http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/article/9176
> >>
> >>
> >> OK, that is getting nearer;
> >> but as far as I can see, the guy in this case
> >> was running some kind of web development server (Mambo) on his machine,
> >> and a hacker had targeted this particular server.
> >>
> >> I wouldn't be doing anything so esoteric,
> >> so still wouldn't feel in great danger.
> >> Also, I was struck by the amount of trouble the man had to go to
> >> to work out what had happened.
> >> I wouldn't be up to that, so SELinux in this case
> >> would be wasted on me.
> >
> >
> > So because you do not deploy such apps, does it make it usless? Or are
> > you not one of those who hold that SELinux is entirely a waste of
> > time?
>
> Sigh.
> I didn't say SELinux was useless.
> I said I run it in permissive mode,
> and hope one day to have time and inclination to see what it finds.
>
> I was speaking purely personally;
> I don't feel under imminent attack from anything that SELinux might stop,
> just as I don't feel it likely a suicide bomber will target my home.
> One has to make a rough internal estimate
> of the likelihood of different disasters.
> It is 1000 times more likely that my wife will spill coffee on my laptop
> than it is that someone will get through my firewall and edit my files.


Cool, hence why I put in the 'or' in my question.

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