Chuck Cole wrote:
> Isn't SELinux an actual distro from NSA and NOT just an add-on to any other distro?  Can't imagine folks I know at NSA even
> considering a distro that isn't within their audit schemes for clean releases.  This is not just for "security", but also
> operational integrity.  I think their concern is also like a govt flight safety consideration (etc) for SELinux distros, since
> SELinux is the thing for many DoD contracts for flyable and fieldable things these days.

 From the SELinux FAQ:

# What is Security-enhanced Linux?

Security-enhanced Linux is a research prototype of the Linux® kernel and 
a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed 
simply to demonstrate the value of mandatory access controls to the 
Linux community and how such controls could be added to Linux.

So really, it's essentially just a drop-in for implementing "Type 
Enforcement, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security."

-- jeremy

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