Therese Trudeau wrote: > >> Will setting to permissive prevent real time threats, or > just tell me what happened after the fact of a failure? > > > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-March/095637.html > > Thanks on that Frank. > > So is there a way I can set SELinux to permissive, and still > be secure while using Calc to connect remotely to a MySQL > database? Or is there a way to > leave SELinux enforced while also using Calc to connect > remotely to a MySQL database? Sure, there is iptables (firewall). selinux, in my opinion, works best in locked-down application server environments where you have several applications running and their access patterns are completely predictable. On a general workstation or development system, not very well, well not if you don't mind tweaking it all the time... -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3971 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080307/adbeeea5/attachment-0005.bin>