From a03e93f431d3357ae3bd57b57bdd0dfb096e5d0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: markooff Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 00:33:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update learning_selinux.md --- docs/guides/security/learning_selinux.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/guides/security/learning_selinux.md b/docs/guides/security/learning_selinux.md index 87783c9af4..d2e31cc67e 100644 --- a/docs/guides/security/learning_selinux.md +++ b/docs/guides/security/learning_selinux.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ --- title: SELinux Security +author: Antoine Le Morvan +contributors: Steven Spencer, markooff +tags: + - security + - SELinux --- # SELinux security With the arrival of kernel version 2.6, a new security system was introduced to provide a security mechanism to support access control security policies. -This system is called **SELinux** (**S**ecurity **E**nhanced **Linux**) and was created by the **NSA** (**N**ational **S**ecurity **A**dministration) to implement a robust **M**andatory **A**ccess **C**ontrol (**MAC**) architecture in the Linux kernel subsystems. +This system is called **SELinux** (**S**ecurity **E**nhanced **Linux**) and was created by the **NSA** (**N**ational **S**ecurity **A**gency) to implement a robust **M**andatory **A**ccess **C**ontrol (**MAC**) architecture in the Linux kernel subsystems. If, throughout your career, you have either disabled or ignored SELinux, this document will be a good introduction to this system. SELinux works to limit privileges or remove the risks associated with compromising a program or daemon.