Three years ago, I devoted a couple columns (in the April and August 2006 issues of LJ) to Novell AppArmor, a partial implementation of Mandatory Access Controls (MACs) that Novell had integrated into ...

Linux distributor Novell has announced plans to release the source code of AppArmor, a robust open source security framework that enables developers to limit the potential for exploitation of Linux ...

Novell reduces AppArmor work, relying instead on the open-source community, but project leaders launch a new company for the open-source Linux security project. Two years after acquiring the company ...

Linux is a secure OS. Even the Linux kernel includes many security systems built in to keep desktops and servers safe. There are two subsystems that are designed specifically for the security of those ...

In my article “Security Features in SUSE 10” (LJ, April 2006), I described Novell AppArmor, a partial implementation of mandatory access controls (MACs) that is now part of SUSE Linux. Since that ...

Long-time LWN readers will know that the Linux security module (LSM) API is controversial at best. To many, it has failed in its purpose, which is enabling the development of competing approaches to ...

Qualys researchers expose ‘CrackArmor’ flaws that allow unprivileged users to escalate privileges to root, break container isolation, and crash systems, with no CVE identifiers yet assigned. Security ...

On October 12, 2023, Canonical will be releasing Ubuntu 23.10. This new version of Ubuntu Linux is already looking good. One new security feature, however, hasn't gotten much attention: Restricted ...

But people --- a lot of people, in real-world insecure environments --- are *turning SELinux off* and *running with no LSM at all* because it's simply too damn hard to understand a useful non-minimal ...

Novell plans to open the source code for a security app formerly released under a commercial license. It may be overkill for desktop Linux users, but its features will intrigue system admins. I agree ...