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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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