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SearchOpenSource: Using Sysmask to Safeguard Linux Installations

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 19, 2006

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
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“Safeguarding against danger in an uncertain world is difficult.
Cars, houses and businesses are all insured against a variety of
natural and unnatural disasters, with insurance policies
compensating victims of property damage after unavoidable
mishaps.

“On the enterprise IT level, insurance policies cannot cover
unique server configurations, replace confidential data or
compensate for a loss in productivity due to downtime…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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