Linux CentOS In-Depth: Securing Your System With SELinux, Enabling SELinux in Enforcing Mode (Part 1)

Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a set of kernel medications developed by the NSA and later distributed to the public to secure computer systems.  Most people would disable it on install because it's a pain to work with.  But, if configured correctly it could harden your system considerably.

First let's install all the packages that we need for SELinux with the following yum command

yum install policycoreutils policycoreutils-python selinux-policy selinux-policy-targeted libselinux-utils setroubleshoot-server setools setools-console mcstrans