Ah Ken's ACm lecture on Trusting trust. yes good reading.
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Dave Stevens <g...@uniserve.com> wrote: > Quoting Rahul Sundaram <methe...@gmail.com>: > > Hi >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Javier Perez wrote: >> >> I know SELinux is not about encryption, it is about limiting access to >>> the >>> system AFTER a breach has ocurred. (That is my understanding AFAIK, and >>> that is why I think it is a good idea). >>> My beef is given the NSA origin of this software, It could very well have >>> a backdoor to turn itself off under the appropriate circumstances like an >>> NSA-sponsored breach an allow unrestricted access to my system.. >>> >>> >> NSA is a *huge* organization with multiple divisions >> >> SELinux can prevent breaches as well as mitigate the extend of any >> breaches depending on the situation but more importantly, it is fully >> free >> and open source software and part of the upstream Linux kernel which has >> been thoroughly reviewed and powered competing Govt agencies including >> both >> US and Russian defense. >> >> As a side note, running SELinux doesn't prevent say someone monitoring >> your >> email or chat unless you are encrypting all of that and even then it might >> be just a speed bump for NSA. If you want to change what they do, engage >> in the right political advocacy groups. >> >> Rahul >> >> > Not to contradict what Rahul says, which I agree with, you might also want > to read this: > > http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/**ken/trust.html<http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html> > > Old but still relevant. > > Dave > > > > > -- > Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket - George > Orwell > > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.**org/mailman/listinfo/users<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users> > Fedora Code of Conduct: > http://fedoraproject.org/code-**of-conduct<http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct> > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/**Mailing_list_guidelines<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- Clive -- 077222971491
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