Red Hat to support SE Linux in Enterprise Linux 4.0
SE Linux is a project funded by the National Security Agency (NSA) to add multilevel security to the Linux operating system so it will be more secure for a broad range of deployments, including those that require high levels of security.
In an email to CRN this week, Linus Torvalds said much of the code to enable SE Linux is already a part of the recently released Linux kernel, 2.6. The Linux camp has been stepping up its efforts to make current and future versions of Linux as secure as possible in light of all the security issues around Microsoft Windows, such as last week's MyDoom virus, the ramifications of which are still being felt.
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