[WBEL-users] Some newbie questions

Ed ekg@tricity.wsu.edu
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:57:33 -0700


Ken Wood wrote:
> To Everyone,
>  
> I'm new at this site,but I'm not new to Linux. I'm just curious at this 
> White Box Linux. I wanted to find a viable alternative to RHEL.
>  
> Does White Box Linux support Native posix threads?.

Yes.

> How about information on it's security?.

It is as secure as Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

> Has anyone tried LIDS into White Box,yet?.

FYI, LIDS is not secure.  It is trivial to break out of.  (I don't know 
if LIDS works on WBEL or not.)

>  
> Thanks if anyone attempts to help.
>  
> Sincerely,
> KEn
> 
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