Smack Alternatives

Smack is described as 'The the Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are four alternatives to Smack for Linux. The best Smack alternative is AppArmor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Smack are SELinux, grsecurity and TOMOYO Linux.

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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • AppArmor is the most popular Linux alternative to Smack.

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

    • AppArmor is Free and Open SourceSmack is also Free and Open Source
    • AppArmor is Security-focusedSmack is not according to our users
  2. SELinux icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. grsecurity icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • grsecurity is the most popular commercial alternative to Smack.

    • grsecurity is Paid and ProprietarySmack is Free and Open Source
    • grsecurity is Security-focusedSmack is not according to our users
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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