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Security Project on Linux Application Unveiled by Novell

January 10, 2006

Novell Inc. launched on Tuesday an open source project on developing technology that provides application security for Linux.

In unveiling the project, the Waltham , Mass. , company donated core components of its AppArmor framework. AppArmor is enterprise level application security software that Novell says can be deployed in hours and maintained cost-effectively without the use of high-level Linux and security expertise.

The AppArmor project is expected to fill what Novell claims is a major void in open-source technology, easy-to-use software configuration and monitoring tools that are tightly integrated with the Linux operating system.

The company said it is contributing AppArmor code and tools. The technology is based on products Novell obtained through its acquisition of Immunix last year. AppArmor currently ships with Suse Linux 10.0, and with Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3.

Source: TechWeb News