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@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ SELinux Userspace
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-Please submit all bug reports and patches to <selinux@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Subscribe by sending "subscribe selinux" in the body of an email
-to <majordomo@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Archive of this mailing list is available on https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/.
+SELinux is a flexible Mandatory Access Control (MAC) system built into the
+Linux Kernel. SELinux provides administrators with a comprehensive access
+control mechanism that enables greater access granularity over the existing
+Linux Discretionary Access Controls (DAC) and is present in many major Linux
+distributions. This repository contains the sources for the SELinux utilities
+and system libraries which allow for the configuration and management of an
+SELinux-based system.
 
+Please submit all bug reports and patches to the <selinux@vger.kernel.org>
+mailing list. You can subscribe by sending "subscribe selinux" in the body of
+an email to <majordomo@vger.kernel.org>. Archives of the mailing list are
+available at https://lore.kernel.org/selinux.
 
 Installation
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