From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from zombie2.ncsc.mil (zombie2.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.133]) by tarius.tycho.ncsc.mil (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n0S8iOMQ007276 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:44:24 -0500 Received: from el-out-1112.google.com (jazzdrum.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.7]) by zombie2.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id n0S8fM6o019046 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:41:23 GMT Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id r23so1553184elf.21 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:44:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49801AE3.4070605@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:44:19 -0800 From: "Justin P. Mattock" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Shaz CC: "Sutton, Harry (MSE)" , Joshua Kramer , "selinux@tycho.nsa.gov" Subject: Re: O'Rielly SELinux Book (2005) References: <497F641E.9050500@hp.com> <7b740b700901272331qed57282i5955e6ac09bf3d90@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7b740b700901272331qed57282i5955e6ac09bf3d90@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Shaz wrote: > And to stay up to date with the commands and infrastructure than you > would like to go for Fedora SELinux guide. It might as well give you > partial details on the design of SELinux, although SELinux by Example > has a very clear description of the design in its first section. > Policy models are discussed in section 2. > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Sutton, Harry (MSE) > > wrote: > > Hi Josh, > > I found that to be one of the (few) O'Reilly books that didn't really > cut it for me on its stated subject matter; my preference is > Prentice-Hall's "SELinux by Example, Using Security Enhanced > Linux", by > Frank Mayer, Karl MacMillan and David Caplan (ISBN 0-13-196369-4). > It's > a much clearer (and more comprehensive) treatment of the theory in > depth > you're asking for. > > Best regards, > > /Harry Sutton, RHCA / RHCSS > Hewlett-Packard Company > > Joshua Kramer wrote: > > Howdy Folks, > > > > I have a copy of the O'Rielly SELinux book from 2005. > > > > Many things have changed as far as the implementation and practice. > > However, is this still a good book to read if I just want to > learn the > > theory in-depth? Or have basic elements of SELinux changed > since then? > > > > Thanks! > > -Josh > > > > > > > > > -- > Shaz > In any case(from my point of view) seeing any info about SELinux is nice to see. hopefully more people adopt the policy. eventually(hopefully) this will be a something that every system adopts; regards; Justin P. Mattock, -- 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.