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Would You Use SELinux?

Posted by Cliff on from the NSA-wouldn't-dare-backdoor-a-penguin-,,,-would-they dept.

silent_tyr asks: "I am going to re-install my Linux box and being security conscious I am looking for a secure distribution. After a couple of Google searches I found a version called Secure Linux, which sounded ideal. So I followed this link, which turned out to be what I assume is a genuine NSA web-site. All in all, it looks like a good idea and I can play around with it as I wish, but eventually I will be using this machine as my base-system. So before I start I want to ask two questions: 1) Do you think that it is a good idea to trust the NSA not to put in back-door/spy-ware type code to enable them to snoop my personal information? 2) What other security-patched distro's can people recommend? I don't want to open up the floor for generic NSA-bashing, but I also don't want to have to work my way through every line of code before I install." There was a similar question that was asked a while ago, but there wasn't much to the discussion. For those of you who are running SELinux, what have your experiences been, so far?

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  1. Are you serious? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Holy Welcome to Last Decade, Batman.

  2. SELinux? by Prince_Ali · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just install Windows XP like everyone else. Stick the free version of ZoneAlarm on there, and you will be as secure as any box out there!

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  3. SELinux Backdoor Found by berb · · Score: 5, Funny

    After exaustive code riview of the LSM patches I have discovered a backdoor in the PAM module re-write lin...

    excuse me, there's some at the door. brb.....

    thers no suh thig as backdoor in seLinux, he was joking.

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  4. Re:What? by jo42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Read The Source, Luke...!!