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 From Cnet comes the news that Novell plans to release software on Tuesday that is designed to make it harder for new attacks to compromise existing Linux-based computers.
In short, "AppArmor lets an administrator create a profile that describes which files a given application may use. The software then enforces that profile. Consquently, if a remote attacker takes over that application, it's more difficult for the attacker to use the application for malicious purposes, such as taking over the entire computer."
More on the story here.
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Friday, September 03 2010 @ 02:38 AM EDT
There are setbacks with chroot (ironically, security is one of them) but I don't know that a 3rd party application is the answer.