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Originally Posted by logicalfuzz
As to what i understand from the defination of host-based NIDS, would it be wise to say that SELinux fulfils the criteria for being a replacement for a host-based NIDS?
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NO. they are two different things... selinux is used to
harden a system using things like mandatory access control, while a network intrusion detection system is used to, well,
detect network intrusions and intrusion attempts...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELinux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network...tection_system