SELinux Features:
  • Restricts access by subjects (users and/or processes) to objects (files)
  • Provides Mandatory Access Controls (MACs)
  • MACs extend Discretionary Access Controls (DACs (Standard Linux Permissions))
  • Stores MAC permissions in extended attributes of file systems
  • SELinux provides a way to separate: users, processes (subjects), and objects, via labeling, and monitors/controls their interaction
  • SELinux is integrated into the Linux kernel
  • Implements sandboxes for subjects and objects
  • Default RH...

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