Re: SELinux Attack!

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On 10/12/07, Gordon Messmer <yinyang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
> >    This morning I started the computer and it stopped for 10 minutes
> > because it could not find cups. It talked about applying iptables but
> > had "never matched protocal" and when it finally came up Thunderbird
> > was broken.
>
> As others have pointed out, this seems much more like a DNS problem than
> an SELinux problem.  The clearest indicator that the problem was not
> SELinux is that SELinux is a security system; if it denies some access,
> it will continue to deny that access.  When SELinux is a problem,
> programs won't take longer to function, they will fail immediately.
>
> While your problem seems to be solved, and you believe that changing
> SELinux was the solution, I think it's unlikely that SELinux was the
> only knob you frobbed to fix your system.


There has been ZERO proof that SELinux is the cause of any problem
here. This is a public list, please do not allow FUD to spread.


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