AppArmor vs SELinux vs Grsecurity

AppArmor learns the behaviors of applications through established access controls (for monitoring and reporting) and enforces application security policies.
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) uses rule-based policy enforcement to restrict the functionality of users and services.
Grsecurity uses Linux Security Modules to enhance security of the Linux kernel.

Features	AppArmor	SELinux	Grsecurity
Allow/Deny Policy	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hierarchical Domains	Yes	Yes	Yes
Object Types	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data Types	No	No	No
Account Management	No	Yes	Yes
Service Management	No	Yes	Yes
Network Management	No*	Yes	Yes
Access Control Lists	Yes	Yes	Yes
Role-Based Access Control	Yes	Yes	Yes
Security Context	No	Yes	No
Linux Kernel Module	Yes	Yes	Yes
Language	No	Yes	Yes
Unified Configuration	Yes	No	No
Doesn't Prohibit Other Applications & Tools	Yes	No	No
No Installation	No	No	No
Few Dependencies	Yes	No	Yes
Automated Execution	Yes	Yes	Yes
Learning Mode	Yes	No	Yes
Self-Managed (no framework, no user interaction)	Yes	No	No
Self-Healing (restorative, no user interaction)	No	No	No
Application Programming Interface	No	Yes	No
Remote Access Control	No	No	No
Intrusion Detection System	Yes	Yes	Yes
Logging	Yes	Yes	Yes
Report Generation	Yes	Yes	No
Intrusion Prevention System	Yes	No	No
Malware Protection	Yes	Yes+	Yes+
Updated Signature Scanning & Analysis	No	No	No
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)	No	No	No

+ Software supports only blacklisting.

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