On 2011-01-24 at 17:34 -0500, Luke S Crawford wrote:
> Right, but it sounds like the hole was quite possibly in the closed-source
> binaries they are running.   a re-install, without fixing the hole, will 
> just result in a new compromise.  it seems to me like the owner of 
> those closed-source binaries  needs to be involved in that, to me.  

This is the point at which swallowing the pain of dealing with SELinux
might become worthwhile -- if you can track what access those binaries
ever normally need and can get confirmation that's all they need, then
you can lock it down so that the app can't, eg, make outbound network
connections, right?

-Phil
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