On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Matthew Hammer <matthewhammer89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > AAhh I see, the vendor that registers their domain. -- Justin P. Mattock -- 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.
