SELinux in guides [was: Self-Introduction: Eric Christensen]

Marc Wiriadisastra marc at mwiriadi.id.au
Sat Jan 5 01:39:08 UTC 2008


On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 11:22 +1000, Murray McAllister wrote:
> On Jan 5, 2008 3:39 AM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 17:01 -0500, Eric Christensen wrote:
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> > > Eric H. Christensen
> > > Newport News, VA USA
> > > Information Assurance Analyst
> > > Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc
> >
> > Welcome Eric.
> >
> > Let us know (via this list) if you run into any issues with getting
> > signed up for accounts or figuring out what to do or where to go.
> >
> > The carpenter's roof is leaking a bit, but we're working on it. :)
> >
> > > * Your goals in the Fedora Project
> > >   o What do you want to write about?  Security mostly but I'll write
> > > about anything because it helps me learn!
> >
> > That is very true.  You should have seen my security knowledge when I
> > started tracking SELinux development as a tech writer. :)
> >
> > If you are interested, I think our in-progress Fedora Administration
> > Guide (AG) could use a fresh look at these two areas:
> >
> > * Big view -- make sure that overall the document is consistent and
> > promotes good security practices that use Fedora-packaged solutions.
> >
> > * Focused view -- what is missing?  Can we merge the SELinux content
> > into the AG?  What about all those blog posts from Dan Walsh?  What
> > other security content can we cover?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to fix the dns section I wrote so it reflects using an RPM
> instead of a tarball. I have only gotten around to one little section
> regarding selinux, but I am going to include how to set the correct
> context for each file/folder created.
> 
> I think it would be good to merge selinux into each section (if
> applicable), considering it is shipped and enabled by default, instead
> of making people look all over the place.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Murray.


I have updated the selinux-faq which answers a lot of questions.  Have a
look at it.  I'm not to sure if its shifted from cvs to docs.fp.o

Cheers,

Marc




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