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> SELinux isn't about immutability, it's about program confinement. The mechanisms that allow for program confinement also allow you to construct an immutable
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
> SELinux isn't about immutability, it's about program confinement.
The mechanisms that allow for program confinement also allow you to construct an immutable OS.
> Running each daemon in its own fs/user/net namespace comes a lot closer to mimicking the value of SELinux than making the OS immutable.
Maybe, but it's still pretty far off. SELinux is about removing DAC/an all powerful user much more than it is about sandboxing.