Chapter 9. Analyzing Policy Behavior
Although SELinux policies enforce wanted behavior on a system, knowing how a policy will act up front is necessary for administrators. It assists in the execution of assessments as well as root-cause analysis activities. In this chapter, we will:
- Learn how to query the SELinux policy in depth
- Use a multitude of tools to query process transitions
- Be able to analyze information flows
We'll end the chapter with a few smaller analysis tools, including one that shows the differences between two policy files.
Single-step analysis
In the previous chapters, we covered a few methods of analyzing SELinux policies through command-line utilities such as seinfo and sesearch. These utilities are able to assist users in performing ...
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