[Novalug] October Talk -- SELinux for your (grand)parents

Gerald.K.Williams@verizon.net gkwms@gwyn.tux.org
Tue Sep 28 07:46:13 EDT 2010


On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 06:47:59AM -0400, greg pryzby wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Gerald.K.Williams@verizon.net
> <gkwms@gwyn.tux.org> wrote:
> > Ubuntu SELinux package description says
> > it will never work properly on Ubuntu...
> > Might be an angle you would want to persue,
> > like why is Fedora so cozy with MAC,
> > and not the other Free communities...
> 
> I would answer is because there is nobody interested in Ubuntu? The
> code is open and free and available. The developers develop on Fedora.
> It is available and shipping in SLES (now) and Ubuntu. There is
> nothing that keeps any distro from using it.
> 
> I can tell you that NetworkManager development is done on Fedora, and
> Ubuntu has no issues or trouble supporting and and making sure it
> works. If the users wanted it, I am sure it would be just as stable (I
> am not saying it isn't, I don't know) on Ubuntu as Fedora and other
> Red Hat-like distros.
> 

better living and world domination by
stronger encryption? 8-/

giving keys to Uncle Sam?
or corporate support?
 Ausie ownership

Apparmor gets the development on Ubuntu,
maybe they don't have as many .gov clients?

just throwing some stuff out there,
FUD probably involved too...
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 03:21:30PM -0400, greg pryzby wrote:
> >> Looks like I picked a topic of interest... YIKES! I am going to look
> >> at a few presos and decide which might be best...
> >>
> >> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM, greg pryzby <greg@pryzby.org> wrote:
> >> > There are quite a few new things in SELinux that I would like to
> >> > share. The topic probably won't fill 2 hours, but I think everyone
> >> > will find it interesting....
> >> >
> >> > Comments?
> >> >
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