* DoS and DDoS attacks
@ 2003-12-22 12:33 Carlos Anísio Monteiro
2003-12-22 13:53 ` Tom
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From: Carlos Anísio Monteiro @ 2003-12-22 12:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: selinux
Hi.
How can SELinux obstruct the DoS and DDoS attacks ?
Thanks.
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* Re: DoS and DDoS attacks
2003-12-22 12:33 DoS and DDoS attacks Carlos Anísio Monteiro
@ 2003-12-22 13:53 ` Tom
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From: Tom @ 2003-12-22 13:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carlos Anísio Monteiro; +Cc: selinux
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:33:04AM -0200, Carlos Anísio Monteiro wrote:
> How can SELinux obstruct the DoS and DDoS attacks ?
It doesn't (except for a very small class of host-based DoSes).
SELinux is, essentially, TE+MAC+RBAC.
You are, essentially, asking how a good door lock obstructs a tornado.
It doesn't - it's not its job. :)
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