# Mandatory Access Control

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## Introduction to SELinux

DevFeed: [Introduction to SELinux](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introduction-to-selinux-67962.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/developer-skills/programming-languages-and-frameworks/introduction-to-selinux/>)

Author: Kevin Stubbings

Published: 2023-07-05T16:00:29Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

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

Tags: [developer-skills](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-skills.md>), [github-security-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-security-lab.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [linux-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-security.md>), [linux-security-model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-security-model.md>), [mandatory-access-control](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mandatory-access-control.md>), [programming-languages-frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-languages-frameworks.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [selinux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/selinux.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial introduces SELinux, explaining how Linux mandatory access control works through security contexts, policy rules, kernel hooks, and user-space tools. It also walks through diagnosing access denials and applying policy changes.

### Source excerpt

SELinux is the most popular Linux Security Module used to isolate and protect system components from one another. Learn about different access control systems and Linux security as I introduce the foundations of a popular type system.