Linux Today - Security

IPFire 2.21 Core Update 124 is now available with Linux kernel, OpenSSH, and Unbound hardening.

eWEEK: Alissa Johnson knows full well that when it comes to securing a diverse, distributed enterprise like Xerox, there is no one single technology that is sufficient.

The Vim editor can be called a programmer's text editor.

eWEEK: ShieldX uses containers to deploy a microservices platform that can determine intent to automatically configure and inject security policy.

eWEEK: After a year of effort and preparation, the Department of Homeland Security's 18-01 binding operational directive for the use of DMARC email security goes into effect on Oct. 16.

Linuxize: This tutorial will walk you through the process of setting up your own VPN server by installing and configuring OpenVPN.

eWEEK: There’s some good news from Facebook as the number of users actually impacted by the recent data breach has been reduced and no third-party apps were apparently affected either.

LinuxUprising: Turtl is a "secure, encrypted Evernote alternative".

MakeTechEasier: Learn how you can customize the SSH configuration file to improve the security of your server.

Linuxize: Starting with CentOS 7, FirewallD replaces iptables as the default firewall management tool.

Maltrail is a malicious traffic detection system which utilizes the publicly available spam list/ blacklists of malicious and suspicious trails.

CentOS comes with root access disabled for the outside world by default.

 opensource.com: Use the SSH and SFTP protocols to access other devices, efficiently and securely transfer files, and more.

Tecmint: Sometimes, while trying to connect to remote systems via SSH, you may encounter the error Received disconnect from x.x.x.x port 22:2: Too many authentication failures'

HowToForge: The Linux command line offers many tools that are helpful for software developers.

eSecurityPlanet: It takes a number of different security technologies to enable a complete endpoint security stack.

As Linux users, we sometimes need to change the MAC address of our network adapters.

 MakeTechEasier: If your Linux server is accessible to the public, you need to know how to protect it.

softpedia: Consisting of the 2018-10-01 and 2018-10-05 security patch levels, the Android Security Patch for October 2018 fixes a total of 26 security vulnerability across several components

opensource.com: iptables provides powerful capabilities to control traffic coming in and out of your system.

eWEEK: Tim Berners-Lee announces a new startup effort called Inrupt which will advance the development of the open-source Solid specification to help restore user control of information.

You may assume that the security of a database server comes with a cost involved in it.

Vendors and industry associations put out a steady stream of research reports. What do 10 recent reports say about the state of IT security?

 Tecmint: SSH tunneling (also referred to as SSH port forwarding) is simply routing local network traffic through SSH to remote hosts

Learn how to boot Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9 server in rescue and emergency mode.

Learn how to generate SSH keys on Ubuntu 18.04 machines.

itsFOSS: IssueHunt is a new bounty hunting platform for open source software