SUSE security: Forgotten passwords, AppArmor
Take advantage of the added protection that firewalls, anti-virus and anti-spyware programs offer, says James Turnbull. The author of Hardening Linux warns that, while the incidence of viruses and spyware on Linux are considerably smaller than on Windows-based platforms, they can still occur.
In this tip, SearchOpenSource.com's security expert explains how you can run AppArmor on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and explains why bugs in programs that cause vulnerabilities on one platform may not necessarily affect another platform.
Is it possible to use Novell's AppArmor on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4?
James Turnbull: AppArmor was originally only available on SUSE, but at the start of 2006 Novell open sourced the application and made it available at Novell Forge. Since then, some community development has taken place and a port of AppArmor for, RHEL 5 specifically, (but also planned to be back-ported to other RHEL releases) is available. The port is currently still in development release and a production release is not yet available.
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