[wplug] Who benefits from SELinux?

[Matthew Zwier]

Never saw the need for it on top of hardened Gentoo for a server.  May
be different for a machine with a large number of users, though, like
a cluster head node.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Zachary Uram <netrek at gmail.com> wrote:
> It never appealed to me.
>
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Pat Barron <pat at lectroid.com> wrote:
>> 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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