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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 March 8 and 15, 2012, 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.
Register to attend the Hands-on Linux Security
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.
First taught in this format in January 2011, the course is 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.
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.
Dates and times
The short course will be taught from 6:00-9:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2012, and Thursday, March 15, 2012. 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
Course Requirements
This online course will be taught using Merit WebConnect, a desktop learning environment. 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
class virtual laboratory environment, which will be available to you a week or so before the class begins.
Registration for individuals from Merit Member organizations or educational institutions is $129 per attendee. Others may register for $149.
Register to attend the Hands-on Linux Security
Payment may be made by credit card, check or purchase order. Registration may be canceled up to 5:00 p.m. EST on
Friday, February 24, 2012, minus a processing fee of $35. Cancellations are not available after February 24; substitutions are allowed if necessary.
Scholarships AvailableScholarships are available for these classes through
the Professional Learning scholarship program.
Anyone from a Merit Member organization may apply for a scholarship, if funding to attend is not otherwise
available through the organization. Scholarship applications must be received by January 6, 2012. We are grateful to the
Merit Community Supporters for their contribution to the scholarship program.
For more information, please contact
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