SELinux by Example: Using Security Enhanced Linux

Acknowledgments

Everyone who ever wrote a book says it was a lot of work, but as we discovered, you really do not understand how much work until you try. Even with three authors, we could never have finished this book without help from many people. Tresys Technology gave us great latitude to work on this book even to the occasional determent of our “real work.” Tresys also generously allowed us to use its training materials as the basis for most of this book.

Although we (the authors) are actively involved in the development of SELinux, it is truly a community effort. Many, many people contributed to this book indirectly through their active involvement in the SELinux open source community. Chief among this community is Stephen “Smoogle” Smalley, ...