On Fri, 30 May 2008 17:04:41 +0000 "Justin Mattock" <justinmattock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello; First I need to start with a status: SELinux seems to be > handling nicely with the latest git, and refpolicy. You guys really do > a good job. > Now for the question: I noticed reading the New York Times that > Comcast was hacked into, after reading the article I couldn't help but > ask the question > of "If comcast was using Linux with SELinux would this have happened". > So the question to SELinux is: If Comcast was using Linux, with > SELinux on there servers > would this attack have been prevented? What should Comcast have had > with there set up to better protect them from this type of > attack?(even though they probably use windows) > How would regular users and small businesses protect themselves from > this type of terrorism? > regards; My understanding of the comcast hack was that the hackers altered Comcast's registration information with the vendor that registers their domain. So no, the problem wasn't anything internal with comcast's own system. -- Matthew Hammer -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.
