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 ...

According to Gartner, Novell's decision to place AppArmor in the open source sphere is a "good move" that helps to solve a serious weakness in the firm's existing offerings for the Linux application ...

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 ...

Geneva — Managing Director of Novell Africa office, Mr. Graham Hallworth, informed that Linux application security technology is vital for protecting Linux systems from external or internal attacks, ...

Ratcheting up the competition against supporters of Security Enhanced Linux, such as rival Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc. today announced that it will release the source code for its Linux security ...

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 ...

Since last week, new snapshots of the rolling release Linux distribution openSUSE Tumbleweed have been using SELinux access protection by default. By default, the Mandatory Access Control (MAC) is set ...