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Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a Linux kernel security module that provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies, including mandatory access controls (MAC).
SELinux · editable by anyone · CC-BY-SA-4.0 · see it in the source
With SELinux, a high-security computer is within reach of any system administrator, and this book provides the means.
Selinux: NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux (2004) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
SELinux discusses critical topics, such as SELinux concepts and its security model; installation instructions; system and user administration; understanding, implementing, and developing your own SELinux security policies.
Selinux: NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux (2004) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
This small but information-packed book covers the wide range of knowledge needed to secure your system using this respected extension to Linux.
Selinux: NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux (2004) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
Walsh, National Information Assurance Research Laboratory,National Security Agency FCGlob: A New SELinux File Context Syntax Don Miner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County James Athey, Tresys Technology, LLC Towards Intuitive Tools for Managing SELinux: Hiding the Details but Retaining the Power James Athey, Christopher Ashworth, Frank Mayer and Don Minner, Tresys Technology, LLC Madison: A New Approach to Policy Generation Karl MacMillan, Red Hat Setroubleshoot: A User Friendly Tool to Diagnose AVC Denials John Dennis, Red Hat The Design and Implementation of a Guard Installation and Administration Framework Boyd Fletcher, USJFCOM J9 & SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Chris Roberts, General Dynamics Kurt Risser, Dataline Securing Inter-Process Communications in SELinux Spencer Shimko and Joshua Brindle, Tresys Technology, LLC Integrating SELinux with Security-Typed Languages Boniface Hicks, Sandra Rueda, Trent Jaeger and Patrick McDaniel, Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory (SIIS), Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Porting Legacy Multilevel Secure Applications to Security Enhanced Linux Andy Suchoski and Rick Supplee, Hewlett Packard Company Extending Linux for Multi-Level Security George Wilson, IBM Corporation Klaus Weidner, Atsec Information Security Corporation Loulwa Salem, IBM Corporation Author Index
Security Enhanced Linux Syposium-SELinux 2007 (2007) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
Enforcing Security Enhanced Linux Policies in a Networked Policy Domain Joshua Brindle, Karen Vance and Chad Sellers, Tresys Technology Using the Flask Security Architecture to Facilitate Risk Adaptable Access Controls Machon Gregory and Peter Loscocco, National Security Agency Using GConf as an Example of How to Create an Userspace Object Manager James Carter, National Security Agency Application of the Flask Architecture to the X Window System Server Eamon F.
Security Enhanced Linux Syposium-SELinux 2007 (2007) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
TABLE OF CONTENTS Security-Enhanced Darwin: Porting SELinux to Mac OS X Christopher Vance, Todd C.
Security Enhanced Linux Syposium-SELinux 2007 (2007) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
He has also made contributions to Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) in the forms of creating reference policy and integrating SELinux to the wider free software ecosystem.
Russell Coker · editable by anyone · CC-BY-SA-4.0 · see it in the source
In 2003, Coker was awarded a grant from the James and Charlotte Griffin Foundation for his work on SELinux.
Russell Coker · editable by anyone · CC-BY-SA-4.0 · see it in the source
In this paper, we present a systematic way to determine the information flow security goals achieved by systems running a secure O/S, specifically systems running Security-Enhanced Linux.
Verifying information flow goals in Security-Enhanced Linux (2005) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
A formalization of the access control mechanism of the SELinux
Verifying information flow goals in Security-Enhanced Linux (2005) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
Motivations When expressing security goals for an application in an Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) policy, it is impor-tant to have a strong foundation to build upon.
Reference Policy for Security Enhanced Linux (2006) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
The goal of this restructuring is to allow greater adaptation and adoption of SELinux while maintaining the knowledge gained through the years of policy evolution, while increasing our ability to validate the security properties of a given SELinux policy. 1.
Reference Policy for Security Enhanced Linux (2006) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
While most policies in use today, e.g., [2] [3], are based on the original NSA sample policy, the single largest com-plaint about SELinux is that writing policy is too diffi-cult and complex.
Reference Policy for Security Enhanced Linux (2006) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
Baseline results indicate that LSVID critical operations are efficient, with processing times in the microsecond range, offering significant functional advantages over the traditional JWT-SVIDs, one of two key security documents from SPIFFE.
Lightweight SPIFFE Verifiable Identity Document (LSVID): A Nested Token Approach for Enhanced Security and Flexibility in SPIFFE (2024) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
The SPIFFE framework addresses workload identity management and authentication effectively but needs support for solutions (e.g., extensible tokens) that fine-granular authorization mechanisms in distributed scenarios can use.
Lightweight SPIFFE Verifiable Identity Document (LSVID): A Nested Token Approach for Enhanced Security and Flexibility in SPIFFE (2024) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source
Some issues that are commonly checked are: Ensure a USER directive is specified Ensure the base image version is pinned Ensure the OS packages versions are pinned Avoid the use of ADD in favor of COPY Avoid curl bashing in RUN directives References: Docker Baselines on DevSec Use the Docker command line Overview of Docker Compose v2 CLI Configuring Logging Drivers View logs for a container or service Dockerfile Security Best Practices Container scanning tools are especially important as part of a successful security strategy.
Docker Security - OWASP Cheat Sheet Series · editable by anyone · CC-BY-SA-4.0 · see it in the source
WebTransport [OVERVIEW] is a protocol framework that enables clients constrained by the Web security model to communicate with a remote server using a secure multiplexed transport.
WebTransport over HTTP/3 (1998) · curated source · CC0-1.0 (metadata) · see it in the source

Research query: SELinux · jobs: 2 · on-topic sources: 7 · review: Conflicted

Overview

Walsh, National Information Assurance Research Laboratory,National Security Agency FCGlob: A New SELinux File Context Syntax Don Miner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County James Athey, Tresys Technology, LLC Towards Intuitive Tools for Managing SELinux: Hiding the Details but Retaining the Power James Athey, Christopher Ashworth, Frank Mayer and Don Minner, Tresys Technology, LLC Madison: A New Approach to Policy Generation Karl MacMillan, Red Hat Setroubleshoot: A User Friendly Tool to Diagnose AVC Denials John Dennis, Red Hat The Design and Implementation of a Guard Installation and Administration Framework Boyd Fletcher, USJFCOM J9 & SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Chris Roberts, General Dynamics Kurt Risser, Dataline Securing Inter-Process Communications in SELinux Spencer Shimko and Joshua Brindle, Tresys Technology, LLC Integrating SELinux with Security-Typed Languages Boniface Hicks, Sandra Rueda, Trent Jaeger and Patrick McDaniel, Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory (SIIS), Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Porting Legacy Multilevel Secure Applications to Security Enhanced Linux Andy Suchoski and Rick Supplee, Hewlett Packard Company Extending Linux for Multi-Level Security George Wilson, IBM Corporation Klaus Weidner, Atsec Information Security Corporation Loulwa Salem, IBM Corporation Author Index — Security Enhanced Linux Syposium-SELinux 2007 (2007)

SELinux discusses critical topics, such as SELinux concepts and its security model; installation instructions; system and user administration; understanding, implementing, and developing your own SELinux security policies. — Selinux: NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux (2004)

Motivations When expressing security goals for an application in an Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) policy, it is impor-tant to have a strong foundation to build upon. — Reference Policy for Security Enhanced Linux (2006)

In this paper, we present a systematic way to determine the information flow security goals achieved by systems running a secure O/S, specifically systems running Security-Enhanced Linux. — Verifying information flow goals in Security-Enhanced Linux (2005)

Some issues that are commonly checked are: Ensure a USER directive is specified Ensure the base image version is pinned Ensure the OS packages versions are pinned Avoid the use of ADD in favor of COPY Avoid curl bashing in RUN directives References: Docker Baselines on DevSec Use the Docker command line Overview of Docker Compose v2 CLI Configuring Logging Drivers View logs for a container or service Dockerfile Security Best Practices Container scanning tools are especially important as part of a successful security strategy. — Docker Security - OWASP Cheat Sheet Series (owasp)

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Russell Coker (wikipedia)

He has also made contributions to Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) in the forms of creating reference policy and integrating SELinux to the wider free software ecosystem. (new this job) — source

SELinux (wikipedia)

Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a Linux kernel security module that provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies, including mandatory access controls (MAC). — source

Other

Docker Security - OWASP Cheat Sheet Series (owasp)

Some issues that are commonly checked are: Ensure a USER directive is specified Ensure the base image version is pinned Ensure the OS packages versions are pinned Avoid the use of ADD in favor of COPY Avoid curl bashing in RUN directives References: Docker Baselines on DevSec Use the Docker command line Overview of Docker Compose v2 CLI Configuring Logging Drivers View logs for a container or service Dockerfile Security Best Practices Container scanning tools are especially important as part of a successful security strategy. — source

Scholarship

WebTransport over HTTP/3 (1998)

WebTransport [OVERVIEW] is a protocol framework that enables clients constrained by the Web security model to communicate with a remote server using a secure multiplexed transport. — source

Verifying information flow goals in Security-Enhanced Linux (2005)

In this paper, we present a systematic way to determine the information flow security goals achieved by systems running a secure O/S, specifically systems running Security-Enhanced Linux. (new this job) — source

A formalization of the access control mechanism of the SELinux (new this job) — source

Reference Policy for Security Enhanced Linux (2006)

Motivations When expressing security goals for an application in an Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) policy, it is impor-tant to have a strong foundation to build upon. (new this job) — source

The goal of this restructuring is to allow greater adaptation and adoption of SELinux while maintaining the knowledge gained through the years of policy evolution, while increasing our ability to validate the security properties of a given SELinux policy. 1. (new this job) — source

While most policies in use today, e.g., [2] [3], are based on the original NSA sample policy, the single largest com-plaint about SELinux is that writing policy is too diffi-cult and complex. (new this job) — source

Security Enhanced Linux Syposium-SELinux 2007 (2007)

Walsh, National Information Assurance Research Laboratory,National Security Agency FCGlob: A New SELinux File Context Syntax Don Miner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County James Athey, Tresys Technology, LLC Towards Intuitive Tools for Managing SELinux: Hiding the Details but Retaining the Power James Athey, Christopher Ashworth, Frank Mayer and Don Minner, Tresys Technology, LLC Madison: A New Approach to Policy Generation Karl MacMillan, Red Hat Setroubleshoot: A User Friendly Tool to Diagnose AVC Denials John Dennis, Red Hat The Design and Implementation of a Guard Installation and Administration Framework Boyd Fletcher, USJFCOM J9 & SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Chris Roberts, General Dynamics Kurt Risser, Dataline Securing Inter-Process Communications in SELinux Spencer Shimko and Joshua Brindle, Tresys Technology, LLC Integrating SELinux with Security-Typed Languages Boniface Hicks, Sandra Rueda, Trent Jaeger and Patrick McDaniel, Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory (SIIS), Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Porting Legacy Multilevel Secure Applications to Security Enhanced Linux Andy Suchoski and Rick Supplee, Hewlett Packard Company Extending Linux for Multi-Level Security George Wilson, IBM Corporation Klaus Weidner, Atsec Information Security Corporation Loulwa Salem, IBM Corporation Author Index (new this job) — source

Enforcing Security Enhanced Linux Policies in a Networked Policy Domain Joshua Brindle, Karen Vance and Chad Sellers, Tresys Technology Using the Flask Security Architecture to Facilitate Risk Adaptable Access Controls Machon Gregory and Peter Loscocco, National Security Agency Using GConf as an Example of How to Create an Userspace Object Manager James Carter, National Security Agency Application of the Flask Architecture to the X Window System Server Eamon F. (new this job) — source

TABLE OF CONTENTS Security-Enhanced Darwin: Porting SELinux to Mac OS X Christopher Vance, Todd C. (new this job) — source

Selinux: NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux (2004)

With SELinux, a high-security computer is within reach of any system administrator, and this book provides the means. (new this job) — source

SELinux discusses critical topics, such as SELinux concepts and its security model; installation instructions; system and user administration; understanding, implementing, and developing your own SELinux security policies. (new this job) — source

This small but information-packed book covers the wide range of knowledge needed to secure your system using this respected extension to Linux. (new this job) — source

Lightweight SPIFFE Verifiable Identity Document (LSVID): A Nested Token Approach for Enhanced Security and Flexibility in SPIFFE (2024)

Baseline results indicate that LSVID critical operations are efficient, with processing times in the microsecond range, offering significant functional advantages over the traditional JWT-SVIDs, one of two key security documents from SPIFFE. — source

The SPIFFE framework addresses workload identity management and authentication effectively but needs support for solutions (e.g., extensible tokens) that fine-granular authorization mechanisms in distributed scenarios can use. — source

Review

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