SELinux Alternatives

SELinux is described as 'Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a role-based access control solution, developed by the US spying agency NSA and Red Hat, for internal and general use' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are four alternatives to SELinux for Linux. The best SELinux alternative is AppArmor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SELinux are grsecurity, TOMOYO Linux and Smack.

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SELinux alternatives page was last updated Jan 3, 2023
  1. AppArmor icon
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    A Mandatory Access Control (MAC) system which is a kernel (LSM) enhancement to confine programs to a limited set of resources.

    7 AppArmor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    AppArmor Features

    1.  Access Control
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    AppArmor VS SELinux

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    Comments about AppArmor as an Alternative to SELinux
     
    axonic

    AppArmor is easier to administer, but isn't a 1:1 replacement. MAC and RBAC are not synonymous. Additionally, AppArmor does not include security information for each data object based on what it is, but is based on directory structures or where things are. They are different approaches to a similar problem with different use cases.

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    • AppArmor is the most popular Linux alternative to SELinux.

    • AppArmor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SELinux.

    • AppArmor is Free and Open SourceSELinux is also Free and Open Source
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    Grsecurity® is an extensive security enhancement to the Linux kernel that defends against a wide range of security threats through intelligent access control, memory corruption-based exploit prevention, and a host of other system hardening that generally require no...

    6 grsecurity alternatives
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    • Linux
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    grsecurity VS SELinux

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    • grsecurity is the most popular commercial alternative to SELinux.

    • grsecurity is Paid and ProprietarySELinux is Free and Open Source
  3. TOMOYO Linux icon
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    TOMOYO Linux is a Mandatory Access Control (MAC) implementation for Linux that can be used to increase the security of a system, while also being useful purely as a system analysis tool.

    4 TOMOYO Linux alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    TOMOYO Linux VS SELinux

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  4. Smack icon
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    Smack is the the Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel.

    4 Smack alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Smack VS SELinux

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