SELINUX (Security-Enhanced Linux) SELinux History SELinux was originally a development project from the National Security Agency (NSA), Secure Computing corporation (SCC) and others. It is an implementation of SCC and others. It is an implementation of Flask Operating System security architecture. As a step in its evolution, SELinux was integrated into Linux kernel using the Linux Security Modules (LSM) framework. SELinux motivated the creation of LSM, at the suggestion of Linus Torvalds, who wanted a modular approach to security instead of just accepting SELinux into kernel. SELinux in now a …
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