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Novell last week said it has acquired Immunix,a 7-year-old company
founded in part with money from the Department of Defense’s central
R&D organization to develop security software for Linux.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Immunix,a Portland,Ore.,company with 15 employees,is best known
for developing much of the Linux Security Modules (LSM) software
used in the Linux 2.6 kernel, a key component of the Linux operating
system.
By acquiring the company, Novell hopes to strengthen its security
product offerings, says Charlie Ungashick, a director of product marketing
at Novell.
Immunix sells software, called AppArmor, which can be used to
secure Linux-based applications by limiting how they can interact with
hardware within the computer.
AppArmor already is designed to work with Novell’s YAST (Yet
Another Setup Tool) management software,which makes it a natural
acquisition target, Ungashick says. Novell expects to begin selling
AppArmor, which will be re-branded Novell AppArmor, within the
week,he says.</span>
IDG News Service
<span dir=ltr>
Novell last week said it has acquired Immunix,a 7-year-old company
founded in part with money from the Department of Defense’s central
R&D organization to develop security software for Linux.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Immunix,a Portland,Ore.,company with 15 employees,is best known
for developing much of the Linux Security Modules (LSM) software
used in the Linux 2.6 kernel, a key component of the Linux operating
system.
By acquiring the company, Novell hopes to strengthen its security
product offerings, says Charlie Ungashick, a director of product marketing
at Novell.
Immunix sells software, called AppArmor, which can be used to
secure Linux-based applications by limiting how they can interact with
hardware within the computer.
AppArmor already is designed to work with Novell’s YAST (Yet
Another Setup Tool) management software,which makes it a natural
acquisition target, Ungashick says. Novell expects to begin selling
AppArmor, which will be re-branded Novell AppArmor, within the
week,he says.</span>
IDG News Service