Re: skolelinux og selinux
This thread originated on linuxiskolen@skolelinux.no,
in Norwegian. Any translation errors are mine.
On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 19:58, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> On 20-02-2005 14:24, Herman Robak wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:08:34 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen
> > <pere@hungry.com> wrote:
> >
> >> [Morten Arnesen]
> >>
> >>> If there are plans [to adopt SElinux] or if SElinux is already
> >>> supplied [by Skolelinux] then I have to start reading up on
> >>> SElinux :-)
> >> Then I recommend that you contact those who are working on SE-Linux
> >> in Debian, to make it work out of the box.
>
> >
> > The external apt-source
> > deb http://www.coker.com.au/newselinux/ ./
> >
> > ... has 16 packages:
> > <http://www.coker.com.au/newselinux/Packages.gz>
> >
> > Including base packages like libpam and sysvinit, and
> > essential tools such as dpkg and ssh. These packages
> > must be modified to be used under SELinux.
> These packages are made by a reputable Debian developer, but outside
> of Debian (so they are not watched for security holes).
>
> Is this something that Skolelinux recommends officially -
> and why speak of it here and not on debian-edu?
>
> Sincerely,
> - Jonas
Any official recommendation of SELinux would be _very_
premature. I pointed to the apt-source "For Your Information",
as a response to Petter and Morten.
However, I would like to hear about any experiences with
SELinux, to assess how useful it could be for debian-edu.
The uog-rwx permission matrix of UNIX is a bit coarse.
--
Herman Robak
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