Securing Your Systems Protecting your systems against bad guys
May 23, 2008We'll show you how the lessons learned in the 1980s movie "The Karate Kid" can be applied to securing your systems.
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Nov 28, 2007Reviews of O'Reilly's Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think, Prentice Hall's The Official Damn Small Linux Book, and Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort from No Starch Press.
more »Holes in Firewall-1
Oct 05, 2007Spanish security researchers have discovered several vulnerabilities in the "Firewall-1" security solution by software vendor Checkpoint, and are now questioning its Common Criteria EAL4+ certification.
more »Version 2.5 of Gibraltar Security Software Released
Sep 12, 2007Development of the new version of the Gibraltar security software took more than a year. The release of Gibraltar 2.5 sees enhanced functionality and simplified use.
more »Novell Acquires Specialist for Security Management
Aug 14, 2007Novell is extending its portfolio of enterprise management solutions with its acquisition of Senforce Technologies, an endpoint security management specialist.
more »KTools: KMyFirewall GUI-based firewall configuration with KMyFirewall
Jan 31, 2007Linux has a fantastic selection of firewalls for securing stand-alone computers or whole networks. Although you can use IPTables to set up a firewall, the configuration is often the most difficult step. KMyFirewall offers a powerful, user-friendly, GUI-based approach.
more »Singwall Building a Netfilter firewall module
Sep 30, 2006We’ll show you how to build your own Netfilter extension with this example of a musical firewall.
more »Apache ModSecurity Better protection with Apache’s ModSecurity module
Jul 31, 2006The Apache ModSecurity module provides extra protection for your web server. We'll show you why this optional application firewall is quickly becoming a favorite of webmasters and security experts.
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New Vulnerability Discovered in Linux Kernel
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New Linux Flaw Lets Attackers Escape VMs
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System76 Refreshes the Lemur Laptop
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