Five Ways SELinux May Surprise You | Linux Today

Five Ways SELinux May Surprise You

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 6, 2007

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Stride
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“By now, most people in the Linux world have heard of Security
Enhanced Linux (SELinux). Since its initial release by the National
Security Agency in 1999, SELinux has become a standard part of the
Linux kernel and a supported capability in many Linux distributions
including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

“What you may not realize is all the ways SELinux is being
applied to a variety of security challenges. Just because SELinux
was initially developed by the military does not mean it is only
useful to complicated security problems and large-budget
organizations–SELinux is for you too. And despite what you might
have heard, you don’t need to be an expert to reap the benefits of
SELinux’s powerful protection features…”


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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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