SELinux needs to store extra security information about each file, and Linux makes it possible with extended attributes.
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Linux Security Rough Around The Edges, But Improving
Thursday, March 3rd, 2005SELinux from the NSA offers more security tools but also more complexity, which will likely slow its adoption
The National Security Agency built a version of Linux with more security tools that its technologists believe could help make the country’s computing infrastructure less vulnerable. They won over the Linux developer community with the changes. But its success depends on the adoption by U.S. companies and government agencies, something that remains very much in doubt.
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