Why you should set SELinux to Enforcing rather than Permissive

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If you have been using SELinux in Permissive mode in your normal workload and there are no denials, you should encounter no problems when you switch to Enforcing.

SELinux in Enforcing mode provides the following benefits:

  • SELinux can protect your system from zero-day exploits and unknown vulnerabilities.
  • SELinux policy rules define how processes access...

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