Developer | Immunix, Inc. |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Latest release | 7.3 / November 27, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-11-27) |
Kernel type | Monolithic kernel (Linux) |
Immunix is a discontinued commercialoperating system that provided host-based applicationsecurity solutions. The last release of Immunix's Linux distribution was version 7.3 on November 27, 2003. Immunix, Inc. was the creator ofAppArmor, an application security system.
On May 10, 2005,Novell acquired Immunix, Inc., a long-time partner with Novell.[1] AppArmor was one of Novell's primary interests, and as a result, it was adopted by the company and renamed Novell AppArmor powered by Immunix. In September 2007, Novell laid off the AppArmor team.[2]