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AppArmor is the most effective and easy-to-use Linux application security system available today. AppArmor proactively protects the operating system and applications from external or internal threats, even zero-day attacks, by enforcing good behavior and preventing even unknown application flaws from being exploited. AppArmor security policies completely define what system resources individual applications can access, and with what privileges. A number of default policies are included with AppArmor, and using a combination of advanced static analysis and learning-based tools, AppArmor policies for even very complex applications can be deployed successfully in a matter of hours.

This document describes how to use the AppArmor tools to develop security policy for your own programs and third-party programs that you may have installed on your SUSE Linux system. It also helps you...

This guide outlines the basic tasks that need to be performed with AppArmor to effectively harden a system. For more in-depth information, refer to the AppArmor 1.2 Administration Guide.

Novell AppArmor

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