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AppArmor is a mandatory access control (MAC) system for Linux based on profiles. It focuses on protecting processes, without differentiating profiles based on the users running the processes themselves. Moreover, it does not implement inheritance mechanisms to simplify the management of profiles and avoid the duplication of rules. This work introduces UserArmor, an extension of AppArmor that overcomes the aforementioned limitations by allowing specific profiles to be associated with users and implementing an inheritance system to reduce complexity, improve reusability, and ensure consistency in security rules. An application to Answer Set Programming is discussed.
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Subject
Identifier / keyword
Title
User Armor: An Extension for AppArmor
Author
Algorithms; Basel
Volume
18
Issue
4
First page
185
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Place of publication
Basel
Country of publication
Switzerland
Publication subject
e-ISSN
19994893
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
Online publication date
2025-03-24
Milestone dates
2025-02-14 (Received); 2025-03-19 (Accepted)
Publication history
First posting date
24 Mar 2025
ProQuest document ID
3194485122
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/user-armor-extension-apparmor/docview/3194485122/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
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Last updated
2025-04-25
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ProQuest One Academic