Glossary: Endpoint, Application and Email Security
SELinux (Security-enhanced Linux)
Also written: Security-enhanced Linux
A Linux kernel feature, first developed by the NSA, that adds mandatory access control. It labels every process and file and denies anything the policy doesn't allow, so a hijacked web server stays confined.
Where the book teaches it
Related terms
MAC (mandatory access control)SELinux contexttype enforcementSELinux modesAVC (access vector cache)