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Security-Enhanced Linux
- sudioStudio64 12y agoNSA has contributed quite a bit to UNIX security over the years.
- saosebastiao 12y agoBut with what motive? To strengthen or weaken? SELinux seems like a really good idea, but when you see the efforts they went through to destroy Google's security, I can't help but think SELinux is a cleverly crafted back door into the majority of the internet.
- blcknight 12y agoIs been around for ages and is part of the kernel. NSA has a dual mission of protecting national security information and also collecting intelligence. This was developed as part of the former. It's not like they have direct commit to the kernel or something, the code is reviewed. If they were to inject something sneaky or nefarious, they wouldn't do it in their own name and so publicly.
- sudioStudio64 12y agoThat's not the case.
- Redoubts 12y agoAny context as to why you posted this page with > Last Modified: Jan 15, 2009
- clebio 12y agoI was excited about the link when I thought it was from NASA.gov It makes some sense at least that NASA would be involved in SELinux, no?