Title :
A study on confidentiality and integrity protection of SELinux
Author :
Xu, Xiao ; Xiao, Chuangbai ; Gao, Chaoqin ; Tian, Guozhong
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Beijing Univ. of Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
SELinux is a strong and flexible system with a well-defined MAC architecture. It provides a mechanism to enforce the access control based on confidentiality and integrity requirements which offers an effective protection of information security. This paper describes in what way SELinux uses various models and policies to secure the information safety which different from others, especially from a special perspective to represents how multilevel security policy and type enforcement provide confidentiality and integrity protection.
Keywords :
Linux; authorisation; MAC architecture; SELinux; access control; confidentiality protection; information security; integrity protection; security enhanced Linux; Access control; Computer science; Educational institutions; Information security; Kernel; Linux; Multilevel systems; National security; Protection; Safety; MLS; SELinux; TE; confidentiality; integrity;
Conference_Titel :
Networking and Information Technology (ICNIT), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manila
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7579-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7578-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICNIT.2010.5508513
