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Source: linsec.ca blog - Posted by Bill Keys   
Host Security A recent post from Russ Coker entitled AppArmor is Dead was tolling the death bells for AppArmor because SUSE decided to include SELinux in their operating system… not as the default, and not as a replacement for AppArmor, but it was included nonetheless. Russ determined that this was the beginning of the end for AppArmor, and I read it with some interest largely because Mandriva has settled on AppArmor as our security solution… largely because it fits with our ideal of making things nice and easy for our users. So of course, a post that seems to bring doom and gloom about our security solution is something we’re interested in reading about because if it’s true, then we’ve invested time and effort into the wrong solution. This article discusses the debate of AppArmor's future. What do you think will happen to AppArmor? Will SELinux become even more popular as a security framework?

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