OpenSSL with Bash Using the OpenSSL toolkit with Bash

Aug 23, 2012

Cryptography is an important part of IT security, and OpenSSL is a well-known cryptography toolkit for Linux. Experts depend on OpenSSL because it is free, it has huge capabilities, and it’s easy to use in Bash scripts.

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HTTPS Proxy Using a Squid proxy with HTTPS

Aug 23, 2012

How do you monitor the network when your client systems are connecting to secure web servers through HTTPS? We’ll show you how to keep watch using the Squid proxy server and share some inventive certificate tricks.

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Resetting Passwords with SystemRescueCd SystemRescueCd

Jul 30, 2012

If you’re locked out of your Linux or Windows system, a handy Live Linux troubleshooting distro might be all you need to get back in. We’ll show you how to pick the lock with SystemRescueCd.

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Linux News

Jul 24, 2012
  • Red Hat Addresses Secure Boot
  • FSF Addresses Secure Boot
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
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Security Lessons: Virtual Hosts Serving websites as unique users off a single server

Jul 24, 2012

Creating secure websites with their own privileges on a single server.

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Cmdfs Building virtual filesystems

Jun 27, 2012

Cmdfs builds a filtered virtual filesystem based on a source directory tree. You can even integrate other programs to convert data on the fly.

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Resetting Passwords with SystemRescueCd Resetting passwords with a Live Linux system

Jun 21, 2012

If you’re locked out of your Linux or Windows system, a handy Live Linux troubleshooting distro might be all you need to get back in. We’ll show you how to pick the lock with SystemRescueCd.

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Security Lessons: Capabilities A life of privilege

Jun 21, 2012

Granting root access, even temporarily, is rife with danger. Capabilities could help.

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