# What is SELinux?

DevFeed: [What is SELinux?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-selinux-29839.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/selinux/>)

Author: jakub.nyckowski@goteleport.com (Jakub Nyckowski)

Published: 2022-12-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [SELinux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/selinux.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Linux Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-kernel.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>)

Tags: [access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/access-control.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [deep-dive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-dive.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [linux-kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-kernel.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [selinux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/selinux.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains SELinux, its history, and how it provides Mandatory Access Control on Linux alongside traditional Discretionary Access Controls. It introduces Linux Security Modules and discusses related modules such as AppArmor, SMACK, and BPF.

## Source excerpt

In this blog post, we'll deep-dive into SELinux.