IBM developerWorks: Uncovering the secrets of SE Linux: Part 2 | Linux Today

IBM developerWorks: Uncovering the secrets of SE Linux: Part 2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 25, 2001

[ Thanks to Kellie
for this link. ]

“Let’s take a look at some of the C code in the SE Linux
distribution to check out the details of the security enhancements’
implementation.”

“Let’s start with headers. Some of the basic Flask types and
constants are in the header file found by the distribution
directory include/linux/flask/flask types.h., and are excerpted in
the following….”

“Security-enhanced Linux has a bright future ahead because it
looks poised to fulfill the need for a secured OS. It will take
lots of work to get it in a form that is actually usable, but the
open source community might take care of that.”


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