On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Stephen Smalley wrote:
What if some with evil reasons uses SELinux? Or have NSA realized that the
old tactic doesnt work and its better to secure so many systems as possible
instead. To help millions to have a more secure system is worth more than
to possible prevent a few bad guys to also have secure systems. Probably
leading that it will be more complicated or impossible for NSA to break in?
Improving the security of COTS (commercial off the shelf) systems is
necessary to meet the security needs of our customers. Yes, there is
the potential for abuse, but such tradeoffs are inevitable.
Ok, that was the answer I was looking for.
Im sure NSA would love to have backdoor to SELinux if someone with evil
reasons (what NSA thinks is evil) uses SELinux. Since SELinux is open
source it cant be something obviously because it will be found very
quickly. Must be something that its really, really well hidden.
That would be a rather foolish strategy, given that SELinux is
publically associated with NSA and the code is open.
Yes it would.
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