[wplug] Who benefits from SELinux?

Pat Barron pat at lectroid.com
Tue Apr 10 13:44:23 EDT 2012


This is just something that's been on my mind recently, so I thought I'd 
throw it out there for discussion.

Is there anyone reading this who can identify some particular benefit 
the get out of using SELinux (in particular, in "Enforcing" mode)?  I 
have to admit, when I'm installing a new system, usually the very first 
thing I do is disable it (either in the config files, or during the 
installation itself if the distro supports that).  I can't say I've ever 
been in a situation where I've been glad I had SELinux enabled, usually 
it just gets in my way - especially if I'm building stuff from source or 
using things that are not packaged for the distro I'm using.

Just sort of curious to see who else regards it the same way I do.... ;-)

--Pat.



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