AppArmor’s Security Goals

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 11, 2007

“‘This document is intended to specify the security goal that
AppArmor is intended to achieve, so that users can evaluate whether
AppArmor will meet their needs, and kernel developers can evaluate
whether AppArmor is living up to its claims. This document is *not*
a general purpose explanation of how AppArmor works, nor is it an
explanation for why one might want to use AppArmor rather than some
other system,’ began Crispin Cowan, following Arjan van de Ven’s
earlier suggestion to document security module intent…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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