From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (mummy.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.129]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k2U6IrOq019148 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:18:53 -0500 Received: from mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2U6H8wL001891 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:17:08 GMT Message-ID: <442B7848.8060406@hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:18:48 +0100 From: James de Lurker Reply-To: see.the.sig.2.reply.by.email.offlist@hotmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel J Walsh CC: SE Linux Subject: Re: Need testers for Modules policicy on RHEL4 References: <442B182D.9060104@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <442B182D.9060104@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Daniel J Walsh wrote: > I have back ported the entire selinux tool chain to RHEL4. I have also > attempted to create a modular policy to match RHEL4 policy as closely as > possible. > These packages are out on > ftp://people.redhat.com/dwalsh/SELinux/RHEL4_MODULAR No offence Dan, but I happen to be one of those marginalised "enthusiasts" that cannot afford the costs of personally supporting RHEL. Nor would I if it were offered Free and Gratis. Standard Contract rates apply if RH wish to benefit from any more effort expended by me for RH commercial distros. I became inactive on the project after spending months building RH9 test setups only to see it switch to FC. That was to support the early rpm packaging. I'll likely become an active and thorough tester again on a community basis when the selinux project decides to base its work on a genuine community based Linux distro that would also be treated seriously in the enterprise by commercial entities. With FC the poor relation. I already find it distasteful that Redhat are effectively gaining commercial advantage from a project support by a US government body. The separation of FC and RHEL is mere sophistry IMHO. In the UK one of our defense organisations was effectively forced to hand over work on hardening a commercial OS because EU competition rules forbade subsidy of commercial projects from government / taxpayer funds. Sorry if this is OT for a tech developers list, but it is important. Novell are struggling as competitors to RedHat to gain certifications for enterprise level products, and I dont see the US Govt offering them the equivalent assistance for community based projects. -- -- James >>From and Reply To are INVALID. All public postings use munged headers[1]- To contact me off list: 1) Remove "M U N G I E j u m p" ONLY: leave that "nospam" in there! 2) change "hotmail" 2 "myrealbox" after the @ -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.