[talk] So Netgate bails on FreeBSD

[Steve]

Possible misunderstanding: the code and hooks are still on the system. 
For reasons of palatability with regards to privacy concerns, I needed 
in an instance to say NO selinux was on the distro...

On 5/24/2018 6:10 AM, Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 02:24:45AM -0400, Steve wrote:
>> Afterthought: the entire sell of Linux was that you did not have to buy into
>> Microsoft's program of bolting things in, in a desperate attempt to get
>> users used to and consequently addicted to features they could just as well
>> do without."Hey, look: it's Linux. Don't want a package or subsystem?
>> Uninstall it..."
>>
>> And now the largest distributor of Linux in the US has done exactly that:
>> bolted in something which is clearly demonstrated in other distros not being
>> _absolutely required_ (as superior the security might be claimed to be...)
>>
> Aside from systemd?  :)
>
> Edit /etc/sysconfig/selinux.  Change to disabled.
>
> Whether there is still a backdoor or not, I don't know, and RH has become
> the MS of opensource, seemingly designed by single user laptop owners with
> litte knowledge of system administration--I exaggerate, but only a bit--but
> SELinux is easily turned off.
>