I've prepared the following Scope Statement to help those involved in the project to update the RHEL5 Security Documentation. Please feel free to offer any suggestions, ask questions or get clarification. As we move forward there may be minor changes, but this should be pretty close. Apologies for the cross-post and to those who receive multiple copies. Please forward this to interested parties who may not be on any of these lists. ---- The RHEL5 Security Guide integrates two previously separate guides: The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Security Guide and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 SELinux Guide. These guides are being integrated and updated to provide a single source of information for all security-related topics for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The RHEL5 Security Guide provides a general introduction to security, and from the perspective of Red Hat Linux in particular. It provides conceptual information in the areas of security assessment, common exploits, and intrusion and incident response. It also provides conceptual and specific configuration information for hardening Workstation, Server, VPN, firewall and other implementations using SELinux. A Troubleshooting section provides information on common problems and how to resolve them. The RHEL5 Security Guide assumes a basic knowledge of IT security, and consequently provides only minimal coverage of common security practices such as controlling physical access, sound account-keeping policies and procedures, auditing, etc. Neither does it cover the intricacies of SELinux in detail, such as writing policies for certain 3rd party applications. Where appropriate, reference is made to external resources for this and related information. ---- regards, David O'Brien Red Hat Asia Pacific Pty Ltd Tel: +61-7-3514-8189 Fax: +61-7-3514-8199 email: daobrien@xxxxxxxxxx web: http://apac.redhat.com/ -- fedora-selinux-list mailing list fedora-selinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-selinux-list
