@securepaul

Linux Kernel developer who likes playing with security things. I can also be found at @securepaul@fosstodon.org

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paul-moore.com
Joined August 2011
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Since it worked well with the Linux v6.5 merge window, here are my notes on the SELinux and audit kernel changes that went into Linus' tree for the upcoming Linux v6.6 release: paul-moore.com/blog/d/2023/0… #selinux #audit
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Brett Anderson recently contributed another cool looking SELinux logo to the community. You can find it in the selinux artwork repository on GitHub. raw.githubusercontent.com/SE… github.com/SELinuxProject/se… #selinux
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On August 8, 2003 Linux v2.6.0-test3 was released and included the first release of SELinux in an upstream Linux kernel. Happy 20th birthday SELinux! mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/… #selinux
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Ten years ago today, Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) was released, the first Android release to support SELinux. Happy birthday SEAndroid! source.android.com/docs/secu… #selinux #android
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It was recently suggested that my SELinux and audit kernel highlights might be more useful during the merge window. With that in mind, here are the highlights from the SELinux and audit pull requests for Linux v6.5: paul-moore.com/blog/d/2023/0… #selinux #audit
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Linux v6.4 was released on Sunday and while there are no audit updates worth mentioning, there were some significant SELinux changes: paul-moore.com/blog/d/2023/0… #selinux
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Some administrative updates to the SELinux Project repositories hosted on GitHub. lore.kernel.org/selinux/CAHC… #selinux
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Next week I'll be moderating a panel of LSM maintainers, if you could ask them a question, what would you ask? #lssna #linux #security events.linuxfoundation.org/l…

Linux Security Summit North America

A technical forum for collaboration between Linux developers, researchers, and end users aiming to foster community efforts in analyzing and solving Linux security challenges.

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Linux v6.3 was released on Sunday and brought a small handful of #SELinux and audit changes. paul-moore.com/blog/d/2023/0…
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New release of #selinux userspace today: github.com/SELinuxProject/se…

Release SELinux userspace release 3.5 · SELinuxProject/selinux

RELEASE 3.5 User-visible changes Maintainer GPG fingerprints added to /SECURITY.md semodule option --rebuild-if-modules-changed was renamed to --refresh Remove dependency on the deprecated Py...

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Linux v6.2 wasn't a very big release from a #selinux or #audit perspective, but here are the highlights: paul-moore.com/blog/d/2023/0…
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For @outreachy applicants willing to work on Linux kernel and security, @securepaul and myself will mentor this project: Improve Landlock tests and thread management outreachy.org/apply/project-…

Outreachy | Internships Supporting Diversity in Tech

An internship program that supports diversity in free and open source software. Learn more by visiting our website!

outreachy.org
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I'll give a talk tomorrow at #FOSDEM in the #rustlang dev room about "Backward and forward compatibility for security features" (illustrated with #Landlock) fosdem.org/2023/schedule/eve…
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Very happy to have my #MSFT colleague @ztfasr giving a talk in the #Kernel #Devroom at #FOSDEM23 next week! :)
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A new release of The SELinux Notebook is out, with PDF and EPUB versions available to download. github.com/SELinuxProject/se…

Release 20221216 · SELinuxProject/selinux-notebook

ChangeLog Add a EPUB build target Add a new section on embedded systems Add a new section on hardening SELinux Add policy version 33 requirements Add the "anon_inode" object class Add a ...

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SELinux and audit highlights for Linux v6.1 paul-moore.com/blog/d/2022/1…
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Announcing SELinux Reference policy 3 pre-alpha! SELinux Reference Policy 3 is a rewrite using the Cascade policy language. github.com/pebenito/refpolic… See lore.kernel.org/selinux-refp… for announcement.

GitHub - pebenito/refpolicy3: SELinux Reference Policy v3 pre-alpha

SELinux Reference Policy v3 pre-alpha. Contribute to pebenito/refpolicy3 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Today seems like a good day to mention that you can also find me at @securepaul@fosstodon.org I'm not active there at the moment, but I suspect that might change fairly quickly.
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Just in case any of you use Signal but don't follow its development. I'm not sure I agree with all of their reasoning, and I believe this will do more harm than good (limit adoption), but I have zero ties to the project other than as a user.
Signal
@signalapp12 Oct 2022
In the interest of privacy, security, and clarity we’re beginning to phase out SMS support from the Android app. You’ll have several months to export your messages and either find a new app for SMS or tell your friends to download Signal.  signal.org/blog/sms-removal-…

Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)

For many years, the Signal app on Android has supported sending and receiving plaintext SMS and MMS messages in addition to Signal messages. SMS and MMS are standardized communication protocols that...

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So what do Android folks use for SMS clients these days? I haven't used the default built-in client in *years*, is it decent? Anything better?
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