RHEL 6 Security Guide - Chapter 8. References

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Chapter 8. References

The following references are pointers to additional information that is relevant to SELinux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux but beyond the scope of this guide. Note that due to the rapid development of SELinux, some of this material may only apply to specific releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Books

SELinux by Example: Mayer, MacMillan, and Caplan

Prentice Hall, 2007

Tutorials and Help

Understanding and Customizing the Apache HTTP SELinux Policy: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-apache-fc3/
Tutorials and talks from Russell Coker: https://www.coker.com.au/selinux/talks/ibmtu-2004/
Generic Writing SELinux policy HOWTO: https://www.lurking-grue.org/writingselinuxpolicyHOWTO.html
Red Hat Knowledgebase: https://kbase.redhat.com/

General Information

NSA SELinux main website: https://www.nsa.gov/selinux/
NSA SELinux FAQ: https://www.nsa.gov/selinux/info/faq.cfm
Fedora SELinux FAQ: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq/
SELinux NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux: https://www.oreilly.com/catalog/selinux/

Technology

An Overview of Object Classes and Permissions: https://www.tresys.com/selinux/obj_perms_help.html
Integrating Flexible Support for Security Policies into the Linux Operating System (a history of Flask implementation in Linux): https://www.nsa.gov/research/_files/selinux/papers/selsymp2005.pdf
Implementing SELinux as a Linux Security Module: https://www.nsa.gov/research/_files/publications/implementing_selinux.pdf
A Security Policy Configuration for the Security-Enhanced Linux: https://www.nsa.gov/research/_files/selinux/papers/policy/policy.shtml

Community

Fedora SELinux User Guide: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/
Fedora SELinux Managing Confined Services Guide: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/
SELinux community page: https://selinuxproject.org/
IRC: irc.freenode.net, #selinux, #fedora-selinux, #security

History

Quick history of Flask: https://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/fluke/html/flask.html
Full background on Fluke: https://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/fluke/html/index.html