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Red Hat to Release Enhanced-Security Linux

Posted by timothy on from the compound-modifier dept.

Klatoo55 writes "According to an article by Techweb, Red Hat will release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, which includes support for Security-Enhanced Linux, in 2005. Red Hat has been running this system with a published IP address asking for hackers to try to break the security. The last version was defeated within 45 seconds, but this new version (apparently to be the policy for the next Fedora) has yet to be cracked."

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  1. Re:45 Seconds?!?! by axxackall · · Score: 0, Troll
    RH is a special kind of Linux. Technically, they use Linux kernel. And even GNU tools. But practically, they mess everything so much up, that "root without IP addess" doesn't look strange anymore.

    I think that RH is the biggest failure of Linux. Without RH the position of Linux on the market would be much better. All the time I hear a negative security experience of MSwin-admins, who have tried first time to learn Linux, is when they've chosen RH thinking that it is Linux. What a shame.

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    Less is more !