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On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 19:09 -0700, Craig White wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 20:29 -0500, Sam Drinkard wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Lamar Owen wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >On Friday 18 November 2005 09:55, Brian T. Brunner wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >>Who, pray tell, is my attacker?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >The Windows box that just got infected from a floppy disk, CD, or other media, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >and it is inside your firewall (if you have one). Of course, if all your </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >systems are embedded, or have no network connections, then there is no </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >attacker in the traditional sense.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >However, SELinux can provide more protection than that, perhaps even </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >preventing a bug in the code that's running from blowing away critical files, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> >for a possible (even if not probable) example.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I'd like to interject here.. this thread has really gone off the deep </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> end, but just chew on this for a little while, and perhaps something </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> good will come out of it. 99% of the time, people get agitated, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> aggrivated, or ill about things that 1., they have no control over, and </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> 2., in all likelyhood, 99% of the time, those 99% of events will *NEVER* </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> have any impact on you, *so* why even worry with it ? Personal feelings </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> never solve anything unless you happen to be husband and wife, and I </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> don't think any of you fit that category. It's time to move on to other </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> topics, if this thread has not run everybody off already. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">----</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and I'd like to interject here...</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I am quite certain that few if any minds are changed by these debates</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">but I think that it's arbitrary and unfair for some to express their</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">opinions and then someone decides that they can cut off debate because</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">they aren't interested.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I presume you know how to delete emails that are on topics that you</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">aren't interested in.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Everyone should get the opportunity to speak their piece - regardless of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">whether you agree or not, and if you're not interested in the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">thread...just delete it.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Craig</FONT>
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Craig, it's not about being interested or disinterested. The discussion has completely turned into a urinating contest between those that will and those that won't. Yes, I know how to delete things, but is still fills up the mailbox with unnecessary chatter. I don't think I'm alone in wanting the thread to go away either. 3 or 4 days worth is enough. Take it to personal e-mail. I'm in learning stages with CentOS and linux in general. I sure can't learn anything from this conversation other than who can create the longest post.<BR>
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Sam
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