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| Newer page: | version 5 | Last edited on Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:18:30 am | by StuartYeates | Revert |
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-[SELinux] is a [Linux] kernel addition used to provide mandatory access controls between subjects ( users & processes ) and objects ( files, devices ). SELinux has been adopted into the Linux 2.6 kernel, and will feature in the upcoming Fedora Core 2 Linux distribution.
+[SELinux] is a [Linux] kernel addition used to provide mandatory access controls between subjects ( users & processes ) and objects ( files, devices ). SELinux has been adopted into the Linux 2.6 kernel, and will feature in the upcoming [
Fedora]
Core 2 Linux distribution.
The project is guided by the [NSA], the American National Security Agency.
+Generally speaking, __[SELinux] is not a distribution for the home or casual user__, unless security is the sole reason you're migrating to Linux, it's unlikely to be a suitable first distribution.
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SELinux Resources:
NSA SELinux home page http://www.nsa.gov/selinux
