Apparmor

i was just reading through Broch's tips on reducing boot time etc and found that he mentioned about disabling apparmor. i did a little searching and found that some people said apparmor was a little over the top. all i use my linux machine for is all the usual, browse the net, do my banking, watch videos etc etc, is apparmor neccessary? i have it running, but have no real idea how to use it. do i/should i use it?

i was just reading through Broch's tips on reducing boot time etc and found that he mentioned about disabling apparmor. i did a little searching and found that some people said apparmor was a little over the top. all i use my linux machine for is all the usual, browse the net, do my banking, watch videos etc etc, is apparmor neccessary? i have it running, but have no real idea how to use it. do i/should i use it?
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AppArmor is not necessary. It's a security framework similar to SELinux and most people disable it. It's only useful for corporations/servers

AppArmor is not necessary. It's a security framework similar to SELinux and most people disable it. It's only useful for corporations/servers
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ok just wondering, have now disabled it. so what exactly is it for? can't exactly be for viruses etc...can it? the firewall is pretty good on suse am i right? so what is apparmor for? thanks microchip.

ross.

ok just wondering, have now disabled it. so what exactly is it for? can't exactly be for viruses etc...can it? the firewall is pretty good on suse am i right? so what is apparmor for? thanks microchip.

ross.
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it is designed to protect programs and other local stuff like servers so that they don't get exploited. If configured correctly, AppArmor controls the amount of access a program is assigned to. If that program tries to gain more access than its allowed, AppArmor blocks it