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Quotes of the weekQuotes of the weekPosted Apr 20, 2006 18:34 UTC (Thu) by smoogen (subscriber, #97)In reply to: Quotes of the week by nix Parent article: Quotes of the week
Wow.. I remember that exact argument about Unix chown/chmod/chgrp and stuff from a bunch of windows guys. DOS doesnt have them, why do we need them?
I remember having to go through a LOT of systems in the mid/late 1990's where almost everything had been chmod'd 666 or 777 because something hadnt worked and that was the fix to get whatever was broken working.
Not saying that selinux isnt too complicated.. but my feeling of deja-vu is strong.
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Quotes of the week Posted Apr 22, 2006 22:00 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Indeed this is many people's argument against ACLs.
Complexity is the enemy of security, and having used it for a while I'm fairly sure that SELinux is way over there on the `too complex' axis.
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