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Linux Security Summit 2011.  The slides from that talk can be found at:
 
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For more information about SE Android, send email to sds at tycho.nsa.gov.

Revision as of 20:19, 5 January 2012

What is SE Android?

Security Enhanced (SE) Android is a project to identify and address critical gaps in the security of Android. Initially, the SE Android project is enabling the use of SELinux in Android in order to limit the damage that can be done by flawed or malicious apps and in order to enforce separation guarantees between apps. However, the scope of the SE Android project is not limited to SELinux.

SE Android also refers to the reference implementation produced by the SE Android project. The current SE Android reference implementation provides a worked example of how to enable and apply SELinux at the lower layers of the Android software stack and provides a working demonstration of the value provided by SELinux in confining various root exploits and application vulnerabilities.

SE Android was first publically described in a presentation at the Linux Security Summit 2011. The slides from that talk can be found at: http://selinuxproject.org/~jmorris/lss2011_slides/caseforseandroid.pdf

For more information about SE Android, send email to sds at tycho.nsa.gov.