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Acknowledgements
3 Improved Server Security with iDRAC9 and SELinux
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Security initiatives ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 SELinux framework ............................................................................................................................................ 6
2.2 Processes with Unix root privilege ...................................................................................................................... 6
3 Customer impact .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Security considerations ...................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 Security issues mitigated by SELinux and non-root privilege ............................................................................ 7
3.3 Security issues not mitigated by SELinux and non-root privilege ...................................................................... 8