Re: Fedora Core 2 Test 2 - delayed

[Stephen Smalley <sds epoch ncsc mil>]

On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 13:19, James Harrison wrote:
> Can we have two kernels - one with SELinux and one without.

Boot with selinux=0, and the SELinux code is disabled.

> Anaconda should install it by default, but there should be an option to not
> install SELinux.
> 
> Its up to the user how secure he/she wants to make their systems. 
> 
> I read the wonderful news article about SELinux and how the NSA have inserted
> their "security" code into Linux, but I cant see any technical detail.
> 
> Maybe if someone were to explain what they actually did then I might change my
> mind or point me in the right direction.

http://www.nsa.gov/selinux.  Technical reports and published papers
available under http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/docs.cfm.

-- 
Stephen Smalley <sds epoch ncsc mil>
National Security Agency