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Changing short description from "Patch to the Linux kernel and associated administrative tools that enhances the kernel's security" to "Linux security patch"

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{{Short description|Linux security patch}}
In [[computer security]], the '''Linux Intrusion Detection System''' ('''LIDS''') was a patch to the [[Linux kernel]] and associated administrative tools that enhanced the kernel's security by implementing [[mandatory access control]] (MAC). When LIDS was in effect all system network administration operations, chosen file access, any capability use, [[raw device]], [[computer memory|memory]], and [[I/O]] access could be made impossible, even for [[root (Unix)|root]]. One could define which programs can access specific files. It used and extended the system capabilities bounding set to control the whole system and added some network and [[filesystem]] security features to the kernel to enhance the security. One could finely tune the security protections online, hide sensitive processes, receive security alerts through the network, and more. LIDS supported [[Linux kernel]] 2.6, 2.4. LIDS was released under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL).

== Current status ==
As of 2013, the Project appears to be dead. The last updates on the homepage and in the associated forum were from 2010, and as of 2018 the website is no longer running.

== Awards ==
*Top 75 security tools in 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sectools.org/tools2003.html |title=2003 Results – SecTools |website=Sectools.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref>
*Top 50 Security tools in 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sectools.org/tools2000.html |title=2000 Results – SecTools |website=Sectools.org |date= |accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref>
*Best of Linux for October 9, 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://Linux.DaveCentral.com |title=Non-Existent Domain |website=Linux.davecentral.com |accessdate=2016-11-23 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124091454/http://linux.davecentral.com/ |archivedate=2016-11-24 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[AppArmor]]
* [[Security-Enhanced Linux]] (SELinux)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160124101504/http://www.lids.org/ LIDS homepage] (archive)

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[[Category:Linux security software]]

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