[aklug] Re: selinux more trouble than it's worth?

That does seem to be the case though. Grr.

Don't even get me started on my standard rant 204b on how 'nowadays passwords are the
problem, not the solution'.

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From: "Shane R. Spencer" <shane@bogomip.com>
To: Lee <lee@afabco.org>
Cc: aklug@aklug.org
Sent: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:36:16 -0800
Subject: Re: [aklug] selinux more trouble than it's worth?

> It wouldn't be secure if it weren't incredibly troublesome. :) Not a fact.
>
> - Shane
>
> Lee wrote:
> > Well, I've just spent the last two days setting up a centralized syslog server on
bare
> > metal.using centos5, mysql, php, phplogcon and apache2 All went well until I
actually
> > started trying to, like, do useful stuff.
> >
> > Nothing worked as expected.
> >
> > 9 out of 10 issues were selinux related.
> >
> > And there are still issues, but at least stuff is working now.
> >
> > So it seems to me at this point that selinux is way the hill more trouble than
it's worth.
> >
> > But before I deactivate selinux in disgust and consign it to the 'interesting idea
way
> > more trouble than it's worth in real life' pile, I thought I'd see if others
shared my
> > thinking, or whether consensus is that selinux is seen as a useful and practical
thing.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
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