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This is what people were saying not too long ago on Windows when we'd complain that the apps didn't work if the user running them wasn't a local admin. Now you'
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
This is what people were saying not too long ago on Windows when we'd complain that the apps didn't work if the user running them wasn't a local admin. Now you'd be hard pressed to find non-legacy software that doesn't work as a non-admin. In the commercial world, pressure can be brought down from on high - executives and IT purchasers discriminating against shitty software. What about FOSS? If the community has a 'meh' attitude with SELinux then things won't be easily SELinux compatible because devs don't give a shit. The same way most devs don't give a shit about most security related topics.
I'm really worried that Linux has become a liability. The lax security practices of the culture its part of are obvious. What now? Do we migrate to OpenBSD? I've been considering this at work. It just seems that the culture surrounding OpenBSD just takes security more seriously.
The idea that we can just put a application on the internet sounds dangerous to me. If its isn't hardened by something like apparmor/selinux and also behind some kind of application-level firewall (or at least snort), then we're just asking for trouble. Something has to change. The status quo is now failing us. How many high-priority patches have there been in the FOSS world this year?
Sadly, I worry more about my linux machines than my windows machines.