SELINUX - Why?

[Les Mikesell]

On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 15:39, |TF20|Shockwave wrote:
> > > What I mean is, I ask "Why should I run selinux?" The answer
> > > then seems to be "We don't know, but if you don't bad things
> > > might happen to your system due to malicious programs."
> >
> 
> Look at it this way. People wear seat-belts in cars not because they expect
> to get in an accident but as protection just in case they do.  SELinux is
> analogous to a seat-belt.  It may not save your system in the event of a
> breach, but not using it certainly won't guarantee that things will turn out
> any better either.

I'd consider it more like airbags. They are turning out to be a good
thing overall but they have accidentally killed a few people too.

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  Les Mikesell
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