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Super-Secure Linux, Inch by Inch [Wired]

Jun 12, 2002 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views

Declan McCullagh and Robert Zarate report on 'SELinux', a Linux-based security module, in this article at Wired . . .

“Super-secure additions to the Linux operating system are inching closer to the mainstream.”

“Developers have turned Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a prototype created in part by the National Security Agency, into a module that operates almost seamlessly on the Linux operating system . . . “

“When the NSA announced SELinux last year, its goal was to show it was possible to bolster a mainstream operating system with extra security features like 'mandatory access controls' . . .”

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