Immunix
E193773
Immunix was a security-focused software company known for developing Linux security technologies, including the precursor to the AppArmor mandatory access control system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Immunix canonical | 1 |
| Immunix Linux | 1 |
| Immunix Linux distribution | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1718408 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immunix Context triple: [AppArmor, developer, Immunix]
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A.
Setonix
Setonix is a genus of small marsupials best known for including the quokka, a short-tailed wallaby native to southwestern Australia.
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B.
Zyvex
Zyvex is a pioneering nanotechnology company known for its early work in molecular nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing.
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C.
Fremulon
Fremulon is a television production company founded by Michael Schur, best known for producing acclaimed comedy series such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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D.
Ornex
Ornex is a small commune in the Ain department of eastern France, located near the Swiss border in the Pays de Gex region.
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E.
Phenax
Phenax is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to the Americas and typically found in tropical to subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immunix Target entity description: Immunix was a security-focused software company known for developing Linux security technologies, including the precursor to the AppArmor mandatory access control system.
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A.
Setonix
Setonix is a genus of small marsupials best known for including the quokka, a short-tailed wallaby native to southwestern Australia.
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B.
Zyvex
Zyvex is a pioneering nanotechnology company known for its early work in molecular nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing.
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C.
Fremulon
Fremulon is a television production company founded by Michael Schur, best known for producing acclaimed comedy series such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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D.
Ornex
Ornex is a small commune in the Ain department of eastern France, located near the Swiss border in the Pays de Gex region.
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E.
Phenax
Phenax is a small genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to the Americas and typically found in tropical to subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
security company
ⓘ
software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Novell
ⓘ
surface form:
Network Associates
Novell ⓘ |
| category |
Linux security companies
ⓘ
defunct software companies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed |
FormatGuard
ⓘ
Immunix self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Immunix Linux
StackGuard ⓘ subDomain access control system ⓘ |
| focus |
buffer overflow protection
ⓘ
intrusion prevention ⓘ proactive security ⓘ |
| implementedTechnique |
format string protection
ⓘ
least privilege confinement ⓘ stack canaries ⓘ |
| industry |
computer security
ⓘ
software ⓘ |
| influenced |
Linux security hardening practices
ⓘ
design of AppArmor ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Linux security technologies
ⓘ
precursor to AppArmor ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Immunix
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Immunix Linux distribution
StackGuard ⓘ
surface form:
StackGuard compiler extension
subDomain MAC system ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFocus | Linux ⓘ |
| productType |
Linux distribution
ⓘ
security software ⓘ |
| securityModel |
application confinement
ⓘ
mandatory access control ⓘ |
| softwareLicense |
open source components
ⓘ
proprietary components ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
Linux system administrators
ⓘ
enterprise servers ⓘ |
| technologyPrecursorOf | AppArmor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Immunix Description of subject: Immunix was a security-focused software company known for developing Linux security technologies, including the precursor to the AppArmor mandatory access control system.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.