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more »ESAPI 1.4: Security Methods for the Web
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more »Free Live Stream of Apachecon Keynotes
Nov 04, 2008Linux Magazine is broadcasting a live stream from ApacheCon US 2008, LA, New Orleans (November 5 through 7). The keynotes from the developer conference are available free of charge.
more »Stopgap: ClamAV 0.94.1 Fixes Errors
Nov 04, 2008Free antivirus toolkit ClamAV released a stopgap version 0.94.1 to fix a number of bugs, but also to provide a new feature.
more »USENIX Security 2008 Researchers and practitioners head to San Jose
Oct 31, 2008The 17th Security Symposium met in San Jose, California, USA, during the week of July 28, with a refereed paper track and Invited Talks.
more »One-Time Passwords Secure authentication with one-time passwords
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more »Linux with Active Directory Linux authentication with Active Directory using Kerberos 5
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