Why do I need SELinux?

[Timothy Murphy]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

>> It seems to me that this is the real reason for pushing SELinux -
>> to give Linux a name as a "secure system" as compared with Windows.
> 
> you mean just for name sake. you couldnt be more mistaken about that

I didn't mean to suggest that Fedora was trying to mislead anyone.
I'm sure SELinux does add to the security of Linux servers,
and it is perfectly reasonable to draw attention to this.

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