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Charly may be a traditionalist with sync-unfriendly duplicate home directories, but a little utility called Unison helps keep his data consistent . This month you’ll learn why Rsync sometimes isn’t enough.
If you can’t monitor everything yourself, why not let your computers watch your computers? This month we examine some practical techniques for network monitoring.
ACCESS AND CONTROL
Remote control, screen sharing, and terminal service in Linux
Oct 31, 2007
You can optimize your network by letting your systems share screen images, CPU cycles, and even mouse clicks. This month we look at remote control and terminal service technologies.
Corporate policies prohibit the unauthorized connection of hardware to the company network, threatening dire consequences in the case of non-compliance. Fair enough, but how do you actually go about catching somebody trying to plug an illegal laptop into your Ethernet?