High hopes for data storage
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| Exponential Storage hopes to one day persuade the National Security Agency
| and other government bureaus to hire the company for its data storage
| network. Its focus on NSA seems to have potential: The agency already
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| established that open source software can be made secure and uses it for some
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| computer functions.
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.storage13mar13,0,837062.story
Also today:
Sun Set to Bring NSA Tech to Solaris
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| Back in 2004, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) helped the Linux
| community to build something called SELinux, which brings mandatory access
| control (MAC) policies to the Linux kernel.
|
| Now four years later, Sun is getting the same technology from the NSA to use
| with its Solaris operating system. Sun's OpenSolaris community will work on
| integrating the NSA's Flux Advanced Security Kernel (Flask) architecture,
| which is a form of mandatory access control, for type enforcement. Flask is
| the basis of SELinux.
|
| The Flask enhancements will be added to Sun's Trusted Extensions, which
| provide high-security labeling features to meet regulatory and compliance
| requirements.
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http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3734141/Sun+Set+to+Bring+NSA+Tech+to+Solaris.htm
Related:
A seatbelt for server software: SELinux blocks real-world exploits
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| A security framework originally published by the US National Security Agency
| has begun to rack up an impressive list of protections agains security holes.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/022408-selinux.html?fsrc=rss-linux-redhat
SELinux
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| We all appreciate that when we turn on our Linux systems they're pretty
| secure. Thanks to continuing improvements to SELinux, it is increasingly easy
| for users to take advantage of this powerful security tool. Read on to find
| an interview with Daniel Walsh, the principal developer of SELinux in Fedora
| from Red Hat, where he tells us more about what SELinux does and how it's
| improved in Fedora 8. At the end of the article are some screenshots which
| show-off the new policy creation GUI.
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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/SELinux
Tip of the Trade: SELinux
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| You don't need to be a super-guru to set up a workable SELinux policy, just
| an ordinary, diligent server administrator unafraid to read a bit of
| documentation.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3702626
Linux Application Hardening
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| When we talk about Linux hardening, we typically mean runtime
| application hardening to improve application reliability, leading to expected
| and predictable execution despite undesirable operating conditions (such as
| high memory or network overload).
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http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/431838_p.htm
SELinux — is it really too complex?
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| What I discovered is that part of SELinux’s current dilemma is more easily
| fixable than the other, because it has nothing to do with technological chops
| and everything to do with public perception. Jim Klein, the director of
| information services and technology at the California-based Saugus Union
| School District, put it best: “The biggest problem for SELinux is mindshare,”
| Klein told me. “It developed a stigma early on due to the lack of tools for
| configuration and troubleshooting, which led people to simply turn it off.”
| Currently, Klein is one of the many IT guys who has the SELinux switch in
| the “off” position.
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/09/26/selinux-is-it-really-too-complex/
SELinux vs. OpenBSD's Default Security
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| Darrin Chandler suggested, "security should not be grafted on, it should be
| integrated into the main development process. I'm sure the patch maintainers
| are doing their best, but this doesn't change the fundamental flaw in the
| process. It's not a flaw of their making, it's inherent in the situation. But
| it's still a flaw."
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http://kerneltrap.org/OpenBSD/SELinux_vs_OpenBSDs_Default_Security
Is SE Linux only for Linux?
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| Sun is also apparently considering adding type-enforcement to Solaris. It’s
| yet to be seen whether this happens and if so whether it is compatible with
| SE Linux.
|
| So it seems that a significant portion of the SE Linux code base is portable,
| and in particular the user-space code should port well. The interfaces for
| and methods labelling files etc should port well between platforms. Therefore
| I recommend not having SE Linux code split into Linux specific trees and
| instead having a compile option to enable SE Linux support.
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http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/08/31/is-se-linux-only-for-linux/
RSBAC 1.3 Series Released
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| RSBAC, a European security solution similar to SELinux, has released
| the latest stable 1.3 series.
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http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18036/RSBAC-1.3-Series-Released/
Five ways SELinux may surprise you
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| What you may not realize is all the ways SELinux is being applied to
| a variety of security challenges. Just because SELinux was initially
| developed by the military does not mean it is only useful to
| complicated security problems and large-budget organizations -- SELinux
| is for you too. And despite what you might have heard, you don't need to
| be an expert to reap the benefits of SELinux's powerful protection
| features.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid39_gci1253747,00.html
What's new in SELinux for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5?
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| Lets take a look at SELinux, how it works, and what makes it effective.
| And why it should matter to you.
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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/04/whats-new-in-selinux-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5/
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