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Master Skills in Securing Linux Applications Using SELinux
Merit Network is pleased to present Hands-on SELinux: A Practical Introduction, a short course on the essentials of
SELinux. The course will be offered in two evening sessions over the Internet on January 19 and 26, 2011, at a special introductory price.
Attend from the comfort of your own home or office!
The short course, taught in two three-hour sessions, is designed as an intensive, hands-on introduction to SELinux--a technology
that adds mandatory access controls to the Linux kernel and can stop buffer overflow and other malicious attacks in their tracks.
The focus will be on understanding the SELinux theory, components, installation & configuration, and log records, and how to
secure applications by creating SELinux policies. You'll come away from this short course with the SELinux skills to secure your
own platform running your own applications.
Registration for this class is now closed.
This course is appropriate for system administrators, advanced users, and others who need expertise in SELinux fundamentals
and best practices. The course can serve either as a basic primer for novices or as a refresher course for experienced administrators.
Instructor Charles Antonelli has developed this new short course based on an overview of SELinux that was presented at the
2010 Merit Member Conference. Charles has expanded the subject into a hands-on experience with demonstrations, student
labs, and a focus on understanding and writing SELinux policies.
Topics to be covered include:
- Brief Linux Review
- Role-Based Access Control: Subjects, Objects & Policies
- Introduction to SELinux: Identities, Roles, Types, Domains, & Contexts
- SELinux Components & Modes
- SELinux Logs & GUIs
- Lab: Track a policy violation
- Dynamic Policy Modification & Enforcement
- Writing SELinux Policies
- Policy Creation Tools
- Lab: Create and deploy a policy
- Introduction to Multi-Level Security
Course Prerequisites
Students should possess a working knowledge of Linux or UNIX and be proficient with the command line. Specific additional
skills will be covered in the course.
Course Requirements
This course will be taught in a wide-area distance learning environment using AT&T Connect. Students will need an Intel-based
computer and a cable-modem network connection (or better) to participate. Your computer may run a Windows, Linux/UNIX, or
Mac OS X operating system and should be loaded with VMware Player, Server, or Fusion as well as the AT&T Connect client and the
class virtual laboratory environment; both will be available to you a week or so before the class begins.
Dates and times
The short course will be taught from 6:00-9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19 and on Wednesday, January 26. The virtual classroom
will be open beginning at 5:30 on both days to allow you ample time to configure and connect to the classroom.
Course cost and registration
Registration for individuals from Merit Member organizations or educational institutions is $69 per attendee. Others may register for $89.
Registration for this class is now closed.
Payment may be made by credit card, check or purchase order. Registration may be canceled up to 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday,
January 5, 2011, minus a processing fee of $35. Cancellations are not available after January 5; substitutions are allowed if necessary.
About the instructor
Charles Antonelli, Ph.D. is a research computing specialist affiliated with the Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department and Information Technology Services at the University of Michigan. Charles created
and taught the popular ITS 101 Campus Computer Security training course, and teaches regular courses and
graduate seminars at the College of Engineering. His previous research efforts include the secure packet
vault and a secure distributed network testing and performance tool based on Globus and GARA. He received
his doctorate in Computer, Information, and Control Engineering from the University of Michigan, and has
been a Member of Technical staff at Bell Laboratories.
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