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Linux Install Too Complicated? Try a Vista Install Community: "Now, if this guide is the way to clean install Vista, then don't ever tell me that Windows users are unable to follow guides for Linux or *BSD installations..." [Link repaired. -ed.] (Apr 29, 2008)
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Update: Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder Wired: "Jurors found Linux programmer Hans Reiser guilty of first degree murder on Monday, concluding he killed his estranged wife in 2006. The verdict followed a nearly six-month trial and nearly three days of deliberation..." [Coverage of post-trial press conference added. -ed] (Apr 29, 2008)
SECURITY: A Guide to Cryptography in PHP (May 6, 2008, 04:30 UTC) (1319 reads)
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(feedback) DevX: "In an ideal world, words like cryptography and security wouldn't even exist, but the real world is far from perfect, so software developers have to spend a good deal of time building security into applications..."
SECURITY: Anatomy of Security-Enhanced Linux (May 5, 2008, 04:30 UTC) (1627 reads)
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(feedback) developerWorks: "Public networks like the Internet are dangerous places. Anyone who has a computer attached to the Internet (even transiently) understands these dangers..."
SECURITY: The Top 75 Open Source Security Apps (Apr 29, 2008, 03:00 UTC) (2375 reads)
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(feedback) eSecurityPlanet: "Since then, the area has continued to mature, and now we're back highlighting 75 of the most frequently downloaded open-source security applications..."
SECURITY: SELinux with Apache (Apr 22, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (1538 reads)
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(feedback) BeginLinux: "Security with Apache is an important topic, of which SELinux is a part. However, the frustration that results in trying to manage SELinux and how it relates to an Apache Web Server is huge..."
Fixing Bugs: How Distributions React (Apr 13, 2008, 04:00 UTC) (2641 reads)
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(feedback) iTWire: "Two weeks from today, the next version of Ubuntu should be available for download; the scheduled release date is April 24..."
Symark's Security Access Tool Bridges Linux, Active Directory (Apr 9, 2008, 09:00 UTC) (1410 reads)
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(feedback) SearchEnterpriseLinux: "There's a downside to adding Linux or Unix servers to a Windows shop: These orphan machines lie outside the protective umbrella of the centralized user authentication and authorization controls of Microsoft Active Directory..."
SECURITY: Hackers Give Linux an Easy Ride (Apr 2, 2008, 15:45 UTC) (4624 reads)
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(feedback) Computerworld UK: "It was lack of interest in Linux rather than the operating system's inherent security that left an Ubuntu laptop unbreached in a hacking contest, said the security expert who oversaw the contest..."
SECURITY: Linux Wins The Security Showdown! Now What? (Apr 2, 2008, 03:00 UTC) (3002 reads)
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(feedback) InformationWeek: "So now that Ubuntu Linux was 'last man standing' in the PWN to OWN contest at CanSecWest, does this mean open source has it all over the competition when it comes to security...?"
SECURITY: Firefox Update Tackles Pair of Critical Bugs (Mar 26, 2008, 20:15 UTC) (1800 reads)
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(feedback) internetnews.com: "While Mozilla is busily developing its next-generation Firefox 3 open source Web browser, work continues to improve stability and security with the current Firefox 2.x..."
SECURITY: NSA Updates SELinux (Mar 25, 2008, 12:45 UTC) (2506 reads)
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(feedback) Government Computer News: "The National Security Agency has released a new version of Security Enhanced Linux..."
SECURITY: Red Hat Open-Sources Security Framework (Mar 20, 2008, 12:45 UTC) (1391 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxWorld: "Red Hat has open-sourced its identity-management and security system to promote its assertion that open-source software provides the most secure infrastructure..."
SECURITY: Four Good Choices for Your Next IDS (Mar 19, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (2170 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Networking Planet: "If you have only a single computer, then it's possible for you to spend your days giving it careful manual scrutiny for mischiefs and problems..."
SECURITY: Linux Fanboy Hacks Beeb iPlayer Again (Mar 17, 2008, 14:15 UTC) (2406 reads)
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(feedback) ZDNet UK: "Just hours after the BBC said it had fixed the iPlayer streamed TV service to prevent DRM-free file downloads, a London-based programmer has bypassed the new protection..."
SECURITY: Linux Tool Speeds Up Computer Forensics for Cops (Mar 8, 2008, 17:00 UTC) (3308 reads)
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(feedback) CNET News: "Australian university students have developed a Linux-based data forensics tool to help police churn through a growing backlog of computer-related criminal investigations..."
The Best Linux System Repair Disk Graduates to 1.0 (Mar 4, 2008, 20:30 UTC) (3912 reads)
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(feedback) Linux-Watch: "If you need to repair PCs, even if you don't use Linux as a rule, you should have a Linux repair CD. These self-booting Linux distributions give you all the software tools you need to bring all but the deadest computers back to life..."
SECURITY: Improve Security with Polyinstantiation (Mar 3, 2008, 08:30 UTC) (1668 reads)
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(feedback) developerWorks: "This article describes a way to add another layer of depth to your security strategy: using PAM to polyinstantiate world-writeable shared directories..."
Do I Need an AntiVirus Program on Linux? (Feb 26, 2008, 01:45 UTC) (4542 reads)
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(feedback) Techthrob: "There has been a lot of debate recently over whether or not it's a good idea to run an anti-virus program if you're using Linux..."
SECURITY: Disk Encryption Easily Cracked, Researchers Find (Feb 22, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (4770 reads)
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(feedback) NetworkWorld: "The disk encryption technology used to secure the data in your Windows, Apple and Linux laptops can be easily circumvented, according to new research out of Princeton University..."
SECURITY: Kernel space: The vmsplice() Exploit (Feb 20, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (3000 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxWorld: "As this is being written, distributors are working quickly to ship kernel updates fixing the local root vulnerabilities in the vmsplice() system call..."
SECURITY: Linux Kernel Hole Exploited, Despite Patch Release (Feb 14, 2008, 14:30 UTC) (3796 reads)
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(feedback) Roundup: The Register reports on ISP Claranet's problems with crackers getting in through the recently announced sys_vmsplice kernel fault. Too bad Claranet (or the Register) didn't note the fix was released a day after the bug was discovered, according to Linux-Watch.