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History
18 related topics
Adoption
15 related topics
Overview
18 related topics
Comparison with AppArmor
6 related topics
Key facts & relationships
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- Developer
- SELinux project
- License
- GNU GPL
- Operating system
- Linux
- Original authors
- NSA and Red Hat
- Release
- 22 December 2000; 25 years ago (2000-12-22)
- Repository
- github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux
Topics to explore
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Overview
- Linux kernel
- Security module Linux Security Modules
- Access control
- Mandatory access controls Mandatory access control
- Linux distributions Linux distribution
- Architecture Software architecture
- United States
- National Security Agency (NSA). National Security Agency
- Patches Patch (computing)
- Daemons Daemon (computing)
- Buffer overflows Buffer overflow
- Discretionary Discretionary access control
- Superuser
- Setuid
- Setgid
- Mandatory integrity controls Mandatory integrity control
- Role-based access control
- Type enforcement architecture
History
- Rainbow Book Rainbow Series
- Linux kernel mainline
- Open source Open-source software
- GNU GPL
- Red Hat
- Network Associates
- Secure Computing Corporation
- Flux Advanced Security Kernel FLASK
- TrustedBSD
- FreeBSD
- Darwin Darwin (operating system)
- Fluke operating system Fluke operating system?action=edit&redlink=1
- Type enforcement
- Multilevel security
- Distributed Trusted Operating System Distributed Trusted Operating System?action=edit&redlink=1
- Network Associates Laboratories
- The MITRE Corporation Mitre Corporation
- Russell Coker
Features
- Crond Cron
- File descriptors File descriptor
- Default-deny Whitelisting
Adoption
- Android Android (operating system)
- Fedora Fedora (operating system)
- Debian
- Ubuntu Ubuntu (operating system)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise
- OpenSUSE SUSE Linux
- Linux containers
- CoreOS Container Linux Container Linux by CoreOS
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- CentOS
- Scientific Linux
- AlmaLinux
- Rocky Linux
- Virtual machines Virtual machine
- AppArmor
Use case scenarios
- Daemons Daemon (computer software)
Comparison with AppArmor
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- OpenSUSE
- Immunix Linux Immunix
- DAC Discretionary Access Control
- BLP Bell–LaPadula model
- Biba Biba Model
Similar systems and enhancements
- Virtualization Operating system-level virtualization
- NSA
- General Dynamics
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.SELinux
Nodes72
Edges71
Triples114
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1
How this topic connects Entity context
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SELinux
Top relations
related to Original and external contributors · 24
SELinux → BleherJoshua BrindleRussell CokerJohn DennisJanak, Corporation, DesaiUlrich DrepperLorenzo Hernandez Garcia-HierroDarrel, GoeddelCarsten GrohmannSteve GrubbIvan GyurdievSerge, HallynChad HansonJoerg HohTrent JaegerDustin, HatPetre RodanShaun SavageChad SellersRogelio, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, Justin SmithManoj SrivastavaTresys TechnologyMichael, KirklandKaigai KoheiPaul KrumviedeJoy LattenTom, LondonKarl MacMillanBrian MayFrank MayerTodd, Matt AndersonRyan BergauerBastian BlankThomas, MillerRoland McGrathPaul MooreJames MorrisYuichi, NAI Labs, NakamuraGreg NorrisEric ParisChris PeBenitoRed, Network Associates Laboratories, NSA, SCC, Serrano Jr, The, The MITRE CorporationSecure Computing
related to Adoption · 13
SELinux → Among, Android, As, Debian, Fedora, Fedora Core, Hardy Heron, Linux, Other, SLE, Stretch, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu
related to Comparison with AppArmor · 11
SELinux → Another, AppArmor, Because AppArmor, DAC, Debian-based, Immunix Linux, SLES, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, There, Version, Whereas SELinux
related to history · 11
SELinux → DAC, Linux, MAC, National Security Agency's Trusted, Originally, POSIX, Rainbow Book, The, TRUSIX, UNIX, Working Group
related to Users, policies and security contexts · 8
SELinux → Files, For, Hardware, In, PostgreSQL, The, The SELinux, This
related to Features · 7
SELinux → Access Vector Cache, AVC, Cached, Clean, Default-deny, Flexible, Independence
related to overview · 7
SELinux → It, Limiting, Linux, NSA SELinux, Team, The NSA Security-enhanced Linux, This
related to Similar systems and enhancements · 3
SELinux → Isolation, Security-Enhanced Android, The NSA
related to Use case scenarios · 3
SELinux → Command-line, It, This
Developer · 1
SELinux → SELinux project
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
security linux apparmor policy system files access control kernel policies file users also nsa type mandatory enforcement user one systems
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELinux | Developer | SELinux project | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | License | GNU GPL | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Operating system | Linux | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Original authors | NSA and Red Hat | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Release | 22 December 2000; 25 years ago (2000-12-22) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Repository | github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Stable release | 3.11 / 1 July 2026; 54 days ago (1 July 2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Type | Security, Linux Security Modules (LSM) | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Website | selinuxproject.github.io | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | Written in | C | 1.00 | infobox |
| SELinux | is a | set of kernel modifications and user-space tools that have been added to various Linux distributions | 0.90 | text |
| Debian as of version 9 Stretch release | instance of | Other distributions include support for it | 0.80 | text |
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