On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 08:18:00PM -0800, Todd Walton spake thusly: > Is GNU/Linux (or even Unix in general) secure enough > that even inexperienced programmers can't write system-compromising > code? I don't think so.
With SE Linux I believe it should be. If I can give out the root password of my SE Linux enabled box to anyone on the net such that they can get a shell but not compromise the system it should be able to handle the inexperienced programmer. > And to the extent that it *is*, will Linux > *stay* that way? Maybe not. I don't particularly care as long as it stays Free and keeps improving. > I tend to trust Red Hat (mostly), but what happens if the Linspires > of the world see a way to make Linux easy to use and follow Red Hat in > their tinkering? I don't trust Linspire in this regard. Me neither. I hope one company cannot soil Linux's reputation. -- Tracy Reed http://ultraviolet.org This message is cryptographically signed for your protection. Info: http://copilotconsulting.com/sig
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