Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Boasts Better Security | Linux Today

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Boasts Better Security

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 3, 2016

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 became generally available Nov. 3 after being in beta since September. The new release is the first major update to Red Hat’s flagship platform since RHEL 7.2 debuted a year ago.

Among the improvements made in RHEL 7.3 are a series of enhancements to Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux). In a bid to help provide better risk mitigation, SELinux provides an additional layer of mandatory access controls to Linux

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Sean Michael Kerner

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