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08/08/2007, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Speaker:
Chad Sellers, Principal Engineer for Research and Development, Tresys Technology.
You've probably heard of SELinux, but do you know what you can do with
it? SELinux is a powerful access control mechanism built into the upstream kernel. It can be used to solve a large number of security problems, ranging from the very complex to the very simple. SELinux can be used to limit the privilege you grant to an application at risk, or to limit the attack vectors of that application. It can be used to protect important data from disclosure, as well as to protect the integrity of that important data. It can contain a program youčre not sure about, as well as let you know when that program tries to misbehave itself.
This session will cover a sample of some of the many useful things that can be done with SELinux, as well as some of the new capabilities in SELinux making it more useful and more useable. Participants will leave this session with a greater understanding of how to solve their security problems with SELinux and what tools are available to them to go about solving those problems.
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