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08/20/05
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An Introduction to the NSA's Security-Enhanced Linux: SELinuxAdded by Papergrl
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This paper will introduce the NSA's research project termed "Security-enhanced" Linux. It has been recognized that securing applications is only half of the battle: a computer system must also employ security policies at the OS level, and the current model of user vs. administrator that we find in standard Unix is insufficient. Security-enhanced Linux, or "SELinux", is defined as "enforc[ing] mandatory access control policies that confine user programs and system servers to the minimum amount of privilege they require to do their jobs". SELinux is neither a tool for encryption nor a full distribution of Linux; instead, it is a modification of the kernel to include a "security server".
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