Issue #161 / Apr 2014

Highlights:

Discover the vulnerabilities of typical home and small office routers, and consider the SafeSquid filter proxy for secure home surfing.

Cover Stories:

• Security and SOHO Routers: Home and small office networks typically place their security in the hands of an inexpensive device that serves as a router. How secure are these SOHO router devices?
• SafeSquid: If you are looking to secure your home surfing against questionable web content, you need a filtering proxy. SafeSquid filters content as it moves between the browser and the Internet.

Also in this issue:

• Comment: The New Kid
• On the DVD: Knoppix 7.3
• News
• SuperCollider: SuperCollider is a versatile and powerful sound generator.
• EncFS: The EncFS virtual filesystem reduces the configuration overhead of encrypting data on Linux.
• Meteor: Build interactive web apps the easy way with this sensible JavaScript development tool.
• Knoppix 7.3: Learn about the latest Knoppix Live Linux distro.
• Ask Klaus! Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions.
• Areca Backup: Hassle-free backups of individual hard drives.
• Charly – Fish: The tasty Friendly Interactive Shell.
• Security Lessons – DNS: Keep bad guys out of your network with targeted filtering.
• SHC – Bash Script Compiler: Convert shell scripts directly into binaries.
• Perl – Cucumber: Natural language test framework for developers.
• Command Line – Vundle: Manage Vim plugins.
• F3 – Testing Flash Memory: Check flash sticks for defects.
• Workspace – HTML-Based Presentations: Great-looking presentations in a browser.
• Giada: Process sound loops and more.
• Labyrinth: Mind mapping software.
• PiCam Surveillance: Video surveillance with the new Raspberry Pi camera.
• openSUSE 13.1: Inside the newest version.
• Gluglug: Laptop 100% free and open source.
• Doghouse – Pay It Forward: “maddog” reflects on ways people can contribute to the present as well as the future of software development.
• Kernel News: Chronicler Zack Brown reports on the latest news, views, dilemmas, and developments within the Linux kernel community.