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Author:   Bill Mccarty
Publisher:   O'Reilly Media
Imprint:   O'Reilly Media
Dimensions:   Width: 182.00cm , Height: 233.00cm , Length: 14.00cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780596007164

ISBN 10:   0596007167
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   16 November 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introducing SELinux; Software Threats and the Internet; SELinux Features; Applications of SELinux; SELinux History; Web and FTP Sites; 2. Overview of the SELinux Security Model; Subjects and Objects; Security Contexts; Transient and Persistent Objects; Access Decisions; Transition Decisions SELinux Architecture; 3. Installing and Initially Configuring SELinux; SELinux Versions; Installing SELinux; Linux Distributions Supporting SELinux; Installation Overview; Installing SELinux from Binary or Source Packages; Installing from Source; 4. Using and Administering SELinux; System Modes and SELinux Tuning; Controlling SELinux; Routine SELinux System Use and Administration; Monitoring SELinux; Troubleshooting SELinux 5. SELinux Policy and Policy Language Overview; The SELinux Policy Two Forms of an SELinux Policy; Anatomy of a Simple SELinux Policy Domain; SELinux Policy Structure; 6. Role-Based Access Control The SELinux Role-Based Access Control Model; Railroad Diagrams SELinux Policy Syntax; User Declarations; Role-Based Access Control Declarations; 7. Type Enforcement; The SELinux Type-Enforcement Model; Review of SELinux Policy Syntax; Type-Enforcement Declarations; Examining a Sample Policy; 8. Ancillary Policy Statements; Constraint Declarations; Other Context-Related Declarations; Flask-Related Declarations 9. Customizing SELinux Policies; The SELinux Policy Source Tree On the Topics of Difficulty and Discretion; Using the SELinux Makefile; Creating an SELinux User; Customizing Roles Adding Permissions; Allowing a User Access to an Existing Domain Creating a New Domain; Using Audit2allow; Policy Management Tools; The Road Ahead; A. Security Object Classes; B. SELinux Operations; C. SELinux Macros Defined in src/policy/macros D. SELinux General Types; E. SELinux Type Attributes; Index

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Bill McCarty is associate professor of management information systems in the School of Business and Management of Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California, and was previously associate professor of computer science, in which capacity he taught for ten years in Azusa Pacific's Master of Applied Computer Science program. Bill holds a Ph.D. in the management of information systems from the Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, and worked for 15 years as a software developer and manager.

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