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Linux Journal: What’s New in Fedora Core 3 SE Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 15, 2004

“Security Enhanced Linux (SE Linux) now is the default
configuration for an installation of Fedora Core 3 (FC3). When you
install FC3, you have the option of turning off SE Linux.
Alternatively, you can turn it off manually after it has been
installed. In FC2, SE Linux was not installed by default but was an
option offered during the installation process, where you had to
supply selinux as a parameter to the boot loader.

“The default SE Linux policy in FC3 is the targeted policy. Two
types of policies are offered–targeted and strict. Targeted policy
is new in FC3…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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