SElinux

[Bill Thanis]

There are two very different types of security. The first is security from
humans, ie the two examples you gave. The second is security from malicious
or error filled programs.

SELINUX is mostly about protecting one group of system resources (files)
from processes that could cause it problems.

Bill



On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Howard Gibson <hgibson-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>    On my home computer and laptops, SElinux is a pain in the butt.
>
>    Who is protected by SElinux?  Does it protect the system from rogue
> users, or does it protect from external crackers?
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