Debian SSH and SE LinuxDebian SSH and SE Linux
I have just filed Debian bug report #556644 against the version of openssh-server in Debian/Unstable (Squeeze). Â It has a patch that moves the code to set the SE Linux context[...]
Tag: Selinux
New Play MachineNew Play Machine
Update: Thanks to Sven Joachim and Andrew Pollock for informing me about /etc/init.d/mountoverflowtmp which exists to mount a tmpfs named overflow if /tmp is full at boot time. It appears[...]
The Lack of Browser SecurityThe Lack of Browser Security
For a long time the use of HTTP cookies [1] for tracking the web browsing habits of users has been well known. But I am not aware of any good[...]
Why you should maintain old URLsWhy you should maintain old URLs
Below is a message from the thanks file on my SE Linux play machine [1]: Hello from San Juan, Puerto Rico! I just found out about this server by reading[...]
Amusing Thanks.txt EntryAmusing Thanks.txt Entry
My SE Linux Play Machine [1] has a file named thanks.txt for users to send messages to me [2]. On a number of occasions people have offered to give me[...]
Case Sensitivity and Published PasswordsCase Sensitivity and Published Passwords
When I first started running a SE Linux Play Machine [1] I used passwords such as “123456“. Then for a while I had “selinux” but when I created a T-shirt[...]
SE Linux Lenny Status UpdateSE Linux Lenny Status Update
I previously described four levels of SE Linux support on the desktop [1]. Last night I updated my APT repository of SE Linux packages for Lenny (as described on my[...]
Lenny Play Machine OnlineLenny Play Machine Online
As Debian/Lenny has been released and the temperatures in my part of the world are no longer insanely hot I have put my SE Linux Play Machine [1] online again.[...]
It’s too Hot in MelbourneIt’s too Hot in Melbourne
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast temperatures of 43, 43, and 35 for today and the next two days. Those temperatures are in celcius. Yesterday was also above 40C so[...]
SE-LAPPSE-LAPP
On Tuesday afternoon I gave a talk on behalf of KaiGai Kohei about SE Linux and the LAPP (Linux Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP/Perl) stack. KaiGai has blogged about this [1], unfortunately[...]