Re: Turning off SELINUX

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On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 04:58:17PM -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> I know SELinux is not about encryption, it is about limiting access to the
> system AFTER a breach has ocurred. (That is my understanding AFAIK, and
> that is why I think it is a good idea).
> My beef is given the NSA origin of this software, It could very well have a
> backdoor to turn itself off under the appropriate circumstances like an
> NSA-sponsored breach an allow unrestricted access to my system..

Then by turning SELinux off you've spared any such intruder the
necessary step of using that backdoor.

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