Tresys have announced the launch of a new source repository, bugtracker and wiki for the SELinux userland code, which may be found here. The site utilizes trac for project management and git as the source code management system. Developers should use this new repository instead of the old sourceforge site.

Tresys have announced the release of version 3.0 of their CDS (Cross Domain Solutions) Toolkit, an Eclipse-based IDE for developing CDSs with SELinux. Notable features introduced in this release include support for MLS and labeled networking, with enhancements to end user customization of generated policy and to the general development environment.

SGI have now completed certification for LSPP, RBACPP and CAPP at EAL4 augmented under the Common Criteria schemes, for their SGI Altix and Altix XE platforms. This certification follows similar efforts by IBM and HP. A copy of the validation report is available here.

Dan Walsh has announced preliminary Ruby support for libselinux (the core SELinux management library). This is to enable the integration of the Puppet systems management tool with SELinux, and should also allow other Ruby applications to be similarly integrated.

Chris PeBenito has announced the latest release of Reference Policy. Notable changes in this release include the ability to specify SELinux roles in loadable policy modules, improved labeled networking support, and new policy modules for virtualization packages.

Paul Moore of HP has announced the release of version 0.18 of NetLabel Tools, a suite for managing explict labeled networking (i.e. attaching labels to packets via IP options) under Linux. This release adds support for static and fallback labels in the 2.6.25 kernel, in addition to several bugfixes and enhancements.

The NSA have announced the release of updated version of the core SELinux code, available from their web site. This release includes support for permissive domains (allowing permissive mode on a per-domain basis), user and role mapping via sepol, and various minor fixes and enhancements.

OpenSolaris developers have announced the first release (Alpha 1) of source code for the FMAC project. This code drop of the current policy and toolchain infrastructure work allows security policy to be loaded into the operating system but not yet enforced.

The schedule for the 2008 SELinux Developer Summit has been published. The one-day event will be held in Ottawa in July as an OLS mini-summit, and consist of a series of discussion panels with presentations.

SGI have announced the release of their certification test suite and its incorporation with the Linux Test Project (LTP). The test suite is a component of their EAL4+ CAPP/LSPP certification effort for RHEL 5.1 on Altix hardware, and is based on previous IBM work.