8 Dec
2010
8 Dec
'10
11:01 p.m.
On 12/8/2010 3:04 AM, David Sommerseth wrote:
it is still not recommendable to trade security for simplicity.
Security is never an absolute, is *always* a tradeoff against simplicity.
We could store our servers 16 feet underground and encased in concrete to prevent tampering and accidental power cycling. We don't do that because union labor makes digging them back out when we really do intentionally want to power cycle them or perform physical maintenance impractical.
Security is a continuum. One should rationally choose where along it one wants to be. There are defensible, rational reasons to choose to disable SELinux.