Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 11th May 2008 23:48 UTC
Linux has been described as one of the most secure operating systems available, but the National Security Agency (NSA) has taken Linux to the next level with the introduction of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). SELinux takes the existing GNU/Linux operating system and extends it with kernel and user-space modifications to make it bullet-proof. If you're running a 2.6 kernel today, you might be surprised to know that you're using SELinux right now! This article explores the ideas behind SELinux and how it's implemented.
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2007-07-25
In my opinion SELinux is irrelevant for most users, and for the rest it is waaaay too hard to use. I am more interested in that new access control feature in the linux kernel (Smack or something?) as this seems to be similar to only the easiest part of SELinux.
Personally I think MAC is the way to go for long-lived background services that the user will not interfere with, but for foreground applications should not be such restrictions yet before they have found a proper way to implement it that does not interfere with the users workflow...(I am talking about enduser systems ofc).