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SELinux In Linux 6.6 Removes References To Its Origins At The US NSA
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Those that haven't been involved with Linux for a long time may be unaware that SELinux originates from the US National Security Agency (NSA).With a lot of bad press for the NSA over the past decade due to various scandals, some open-source enthusiasts have questioned the NSA's involvement in SELinux and made other critical remarks.
The SELinux pull request was sent in today with adding a notice if virtual memory is executable by default, new network auditing helpers, various defenses improved, and more.
While NSA was the original primary developer and continues to help maintain SELinux, SELinux has long since transitioned to a wide community of developers and maintainers.
SELinux has been part of the mainline Linux kernel for nearly 20 years now and has received contributions from many individuals and organizations.
So with Linux 6.6 and after about two decades of being inside the kernel, there are no longer any NSA SELinux references.
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