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IT Observer: Demystifying Security Enhanced Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 2006

“In this paper I will try to explain the philosophy behind the
Security Enhanced Linux (SE Linux). I will however try to explain
the concept with an example but to keep the length readable I will
restrain myself to go into much of implementation details for e.g.
commands and similar stuff.

“This flavor of linux has strong Mandatory Access control Built
into the kernel where by the process and objects such as files are
classified based on the confidentiality and integrity requirement,
hence the affect of a security breach is reduced to minimal…”

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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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