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EX429 SELinux Policy Administration Expertise
Required for the Red Hat Security Specialist (RHCSS) certification or can be taken independently as a stand-alone credential in its own right.
The EX429 SELinux Policy Administration Expertise exam is only available to current RHCE's and consists of the following two sections:
- SELinux Policy Writing: 2.5 hours
- Targeted Policy System Maintenance: 1.0 hours
In order to earn the EX429 SELinux Policy Administration Certificate of Expertise, one must earn a score of 70 or higher for SELinux Policy writing and a score of 80 or higher for Targeted Policy System Maintenance.
Candidates who earn this certification should be able to carry out the following objectives:
SELinux Policy Writing
- Specify an enforcement mode
- Specify a particular policy
- Update a system to use the latest SELinux packages
- Create and implement a custom policy module to support a given service, including:
- Port bindings
- File and directory access
- Type transitions
- Default file types
- Booleans
- Type Aliases
Targeted Policy System Maintenance
- Specify an enforcement mode
- Specify a particular policy
- Modify an existing policy including:
- Port bindings
- File and directory access
- Type transitions
- Default file types
- Booleans
- Type Aliases
- Backup/Restore a filesystem preserving SELinux attributes
