Isn't there a targeted SElinux policy being developed as part of GSoC? On 6/15/08, Joerg Reisenweber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have root AND user, root can make a backup copy of user's valuable > data > every once in a while, and user or the virus she imported while browsing the > web can NOT destroy this backup. > I can't follow your arguments. It's NOT an evil person we need to fence in, > it's bad behaviour of applications that go nuts on (virus|bug|user fault|*) > > If we don't start to care about this topic NOW, we will see lots of poor > designed apps that rely on having root access where they shouldn't, and we > end up in a situation like M$, where the whole system is so much > root-centric > that you simply can't switch to a sane user-management anymore, because it > would break half the system. To fix those apps later is a major PITA. > > I just "talked" to Wolfgang Spraul and he answered > "But right now we are selling to hardcore developers only, so it's not > our #1 priority. > Once our software becomes more stable and mature, this needs to be > addressed seriously. The good news is that the FOSS community is > pretty paranoid about this, so I'm sure over time we will have a good > solution." > It's a FOSS project and you are "the community", so just contribute! I'd > say, > do it *now*, as long as it's easy. > > cheers > jOERG >
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