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Re: SELinux Suggestion



On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 12:19:40AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
>> SE Linux is already included in Debian, and is even installed, though
>> not enabled, by default. You can remove the selinux-policy-* packages to
>> remove it.
>
> That is naive, is it not? The apps themselves have to be SELinux-
> aware. So, one can remove the policy packages, but not SELinux.
>
> It looks like I am too late, and Debian is already infected. Oh,
> well.
>
The extent to which SELinux 'infests' Debian is a minor one. For proper
SELinux support you only have to alter a handful of basic packages and
the kernel, so that's like .001% of its packages.
cheers,
K
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