Dates and Call for Papers Announced for Second Security Enhanced Linux Symposium; Event slated for February 28-March 2, 2006 in Baltimore, MD.BALTIMORE -- The Security Enhanced Linux See SELinux. (SELinux) Symposium announces that the second annual Symposium is scheduled for February 28-March 2, 2006, at the Wyndham Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland "Baltimore" redirects here. For the surrounding county, see Baltimore County, Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation). Baltimore is an independent city located in the state of Maryland in the United States. , USA. The Symposium also announces the opening of its call for papers. The event is the only of its kind to examine SELinux and the power of the flexible mandatory access control A system of access control that assigns security labels or classifications to system resources and allows access only to entities (people, processes, devices) with distinct levels of authorization or clearance. These controls are enforced by the operating system or security kernel. security it brings to Linux. Last year's inaugural symposium was a tremendous success providing the SELinux development and user community the opportunity to discuss related research results, development plans, and applications. The call for papers is open until September Until September is a 1984 romantic drama set in France. It stars Karen Allen as an American tourist in Paris who falls in love with a married Frenchman (Thierry Lhermitte). External links 19, 2005. Paper requirements and topics of interest are available on the Symposium web site at www.selinux-symposium.org. About the SELinux Symposium The Security-Enhanced Linux Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a Linux variant that implements a variety of security policies, including U.S. Department of Defense style mandatory access controls, through the use of Linux Security Modules (LSM) in the Linux kernel. (SELinux) Symposium is an annual exchange of ideas, technology, and research involving SELinux. SELinux is emerging technology that adds flexible, strong mandatory access control security to Linux. The second annual Symposium is schedule for February 28-March 2, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Red Hat, Tresys Technology, and Trusted Computer Solutions. The event brings together experts from business, government, and academia to share research, development, and application experiences using SELinux. For information on registration and sponsorship opportunities, see www.selinux-symposium.org or info@selinux-symposium.org. |
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