From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (mummy.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.129]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k6E6Vtvi024000 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:31:55 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6E6Vs2D028226 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:31:54 GMT Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6E6VsHr029155 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:31:54 -0400 Received: from pobox.brisbane.redhat.com (pobox.brisbane.redhat.com [172.16.44.10]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6E6Vl1i021704 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:31:48 -0400 From: "David O'Brien" To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, fedora-selinux-list@redhat.com, rhselinux-project@redhat.com Subject: RHEL5 Security Documentation Scope Statement Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:31:42 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <200607141631.42793.daobrien@redhat.com> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov I've prepared the following Scope Statement to help those involved in the project to update the RHEL5 Security Documentation. Please feel free to offer any suggestions, ask questions or get clarification. As we move forward there may be minor changes, but this should be pretty close. Apologies for the cross-post and to those who receive multiple copies. Please forward this to interested parties who may not be on any of these lists. ---- The RHEL5 Security Guide integrates two previously separate guides: The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Security Guide and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 SELinux Guide. These guides are being integrated and updated to provide a single source of information for all security-related topics for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The RHEL5 Security Guide provides a general introduction to security, and from the perspective of Red Hat Linux in particular. It provides conceptual information in the areas of security assessment, common exploits, and intrusion and incident response. It also provides conceptual and specific configuration information for hardening Workstation, Server, VPN, firewall and other implementations using SELinux. A Troubleshooting section provides information on common problems and how to resolve them. The RHEL5 Security Guide assumes a basic knowledge of IT security, and consequently provides only minimal coverage of common security practices such as controlling physical access, sound account-keeping policies and procedures, auditing, etc. Neither does it cover the intricacies of SELinux in detail, such as writing policies for certain 3rd party applications. Where appropriate, reference is made to external resources for this and related information. ---- regards, David O'Brien Red Hat Asia Pacific Pty Ltd Tel: +61-7-3514-8189 Fax: +61-7-3514-8199 email: daobrien@redhat.com web: http://apac.redhat.com/ -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.