“SELinux by Example” by F. Mayer, D. Caplan & K. MacMillan

I have bought this book just before Debian Etch was released, as it is the first Debian release with full SELinux support. SELinux documentation obviously exists on the Web, but none I was able to find is comprehensive and easy to read for a beginner like me.

This book is described as « a complete hands-on guide to using SELinux ». Although it is very complete, it aims more at policy writers than SELinux administrators. I am currently reading it for the second time, as some parts are still quite obscure for me.

However, it allowed me to set up SELinux on two systems without any major issue. I have even started writing small policies for nullmailer and Apache mod_dav.

This book is publishd by Prentice Hall Professional.