LX0-104 · Question #410
What is one of the primary claimed benefits of Smack over SELinux?
The correct answer is C. Configuration of Smack is much more simple. Smack is often preferred over SELinux due to its significantly simpler configuration and management process.
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- ASmack implements Rule Set Based Access Control. SELinux doesn't support this model.
- BSELinux has export restrictions placed on it by the NSA.
- CConfiguration of Smack is much more simple.
- DSmack allows users to share files without administrator intervention.
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(21 responses)- A5% (1)
- C90% (19)
- D5% (1)
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Smack is often preferred over SELinux due to its significantly simpler configuration and management process.
Both Smack and SELinux implement mandatory access control, but their models and policy languages differ; neither uses 'Rule Set Based Access Control' as a specific named model contrasting them.
SELinux is open-source software and does not have export restrictions placed on it by the NSA.
Smack (Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel) was designed to offer a simpler alternative to SELinux, providing mandatory access control with a focus on ease of configuration and a more straightforward policy language compared to SELinux's complex policy structure.
While Smack aims for simpler security, allowing users to share files without administrator intervention is not a primary claimed benefit over SELinux; both systems are about enforcing administrator-defined security policies.
Concept tested: Smack vs SELinux benefits
Source: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/security/smack.html
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