Preliminary Announcement
FIRST SECURITY ENHANCED LINUX SYMPOSIUM
The inaugural symposium on Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is being
planned for March 2005 in the Washington, D.C., USA area. SELinux
brings the power of type enforcement (TE), a flexible mandatory access
control mechanism, to Linux. This announcement is to make the
community aware of the preliminary plans for the symposium, and
solicit interests in participation. The symposium will be an
opportunity to learn about SELinux and share technical and application
experiences.
The tentative format for the symposium is a 3-day conference, with one
day for tutorials and two days for technical presentations and
interchange. Those interested in submitting presentation or tutorial
proposals may do so at sel-symposium@xxxxxxxxxxx Topics of interest
include:
+ History and design of SELinux
+ Use and application of TE Enforcement in securing systems
+ TE policy development and analysis
+ Use and Configuration of MLS and RBAC in securing systems
+ Updates on the various Linux distributions using SELinux
+ Practical "root"-less system administration policies
+ Example system solutions using SELinux, case studies
+ On-going and planed enhancements to SELinux
+ On-going research and development activities
+ Tools and products supporting/using SELinux
+ Security evaluation and certification issues
+ Tutorials
The exact dates, location, and cost of the symposium are to be
determined. Future information will be posted in the following web
site: www.tresys.com/selinux/symposium
The organizing committees for the symposium are as follows:
Technical Committee:
Joshua Brindle, Tresys
Russell Coker, Red Hat
Chad Hanson, TCS
Howard Holm, NSA
Trent Jaeger, IBM
Karl MacMillan, Tresys
Frank Mayer, Tresys
James Morris, Red Hat
Ed Reed, Novell
Doc Shankar, IBM
Stephen Smalley, NSA
Daniel Walsh, Red Hat
Tutorial Committee:
David Caplan, Tresys
Howard Holm, NSA
Karl MacMillan, Tresys
