Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Feb 2006 17:10 UTC
One of the biggest reasons for many people to switch to a UNIX desktop, away from Windows, is security. It is fairly common knowledge that UNIX-like systems are more secure than Windows. Whether this is true or not will not be up for debate in this short editorial; I will simply assume UNIX-like systems are more secure, for the sake of argument. However, how much is that increased security really worth for an average home user, when you break it down? According to me, fairly little. Here's why.
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2005-07-06
There is a solution for this one too, maybe next version from Vista will go there too, Vista ain't there yet. SELinux which allows templated access. But SELinux is a pain in the ass to modify for every user and every software. For now it is still used on services level only.
There is a new policy for SELinux called SELinux MLS. It addresses these issues above.
http://www.tcs-sec.com/images/SELinuxandMLS.pdf
Gradually, it is coming to home users. Tested on FC5 development.