Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Aragorn Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Re: virtual vpns Followup-To: comp.os.linux.networking Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:18:31 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Strider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 19:15:05 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="371e5ee127a0c2122f2a231e1013d343"; logging-data="24828"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18WQI7y49HbZgjrliLt6y+k" User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Cancel-Lock: sha1:VLYySraeuYg47odrrqjLPSKWetE= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.networking:3730 On Thursday 28 Apr 2016 20:41, William Unruh conveyed the following to comp.os.linux.networking... > On 2016-04-28, Bill Cunningham wrote: >> >> "William Unruh" wrote in message >> news:nfrc2g$sgl$1@dont-email.me... >>> On 2016-04-27, Bill Cunningham wrote: >>>> >>>> "William Unruh" wrote in message >>>> news:nfr5nk$20o$2@dont-email.me... >> >> Another thing I don't trust is that selinux. I don't know what it's >> for, to help security or something. When I saw NSA I disabled it for >> good. > > One of the NSA mandates is to protect comminications of US > companies/citizens/etc. And selinux is open source, so it could be > audited to see if there are any backdoors. I do not know if they have > been. Linus has vetted the code. It does not contain any backdoors, but he did confirm that the NSA have asked him to put a backdoor in the kernel (and that he has refused to do so). -- = Aragorn = http://www.linuxcounter.net - registrant #223157