Freebsd
129 Stories
KACE KBOX 1000 Series
Reviews The appliance format of the KBOX 1000 puts a new slant on systems management, making the process significantly easier, quicker and more affordable compared to traditional software-only solutions.
Tags: Lumension Security Inc., Tool, systems management, Hardware, network, Microsoft .NET Framework, PC
Recession: A chance to deploy open source security
Techguide The financial belt-tightening of a recession may prove to be a great opportunity to improve on your organization's security.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Microsoft Corp., Security, Open-source Software, Survey, operating system, Chad Perrin
FreeBSD 6.0 to target wireless devices
News Developers hope to make FreeBSD the operating system of choice for wireless device manufacturers.
Tags: Networking, Mobile/Wireless, Software engineering/development, Open source
Is Firefox + Perspectives the most secure browser for TLS/SSL encryption?
Techguide Perspectives is a TLS/SSL encryption certificate validation tool that works even for self-signed certificates.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Certificate, Computer Associates International Inc., Security, SSL, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption, Web Browser
Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
News The open source Debian operating system has gained support for the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to run the same OS on two different software cores.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Gentoo, AMD64, kFreeBSD, Kernel, operating system, Debian, Linux Kernel, BSD, Hardware
DTrace gets guernsey in new FreeBSD
News The FreeBSD Project has released a new stable version of its popular Unix operating system, officially incorporating for the first time Sun Microsystems' flagship DTrace performance analysis and debugging tool.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, CPU, Database, Unix, operating system, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., DTrace, Environment
China chooses FreeBSD as basis for secure OS
Techguide What OS would one choose as a basis for fortified software platforms? China decided to go open source, and it may be pulling ahead of the West in information warfare preparedness.
Tags: Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Network security, Open source, Security, Information Security, operating system, Chad Perrin, China, U.S.
Apple's Internet presence grows
News In December, the Mac OS and the iPhone together accounted for 10 percent of what Net Applications calls market share of Internet usage.
Tags: Mac OS, Mobile processors, 3G (Third Generation), Web sites, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Open Source, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system
Monitorix makes server-monitoring easy
Techguide While it's important to get a remote view of your servers with tools like Nagios, it's not always easy to get a full "local" view of things like CPU load and network service demand. Monitorix can fill in the gaps of your monitoring needs.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Diagnostics and monitoring, SSH, network device, Telnet, RPM Package, Monitorix RPM, Server, monitoring
The smallest threat to open source in 2009
Techguide How much of a problem is security updating for open source software going to be in 2009?
Tags: Open source, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Data security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Open-source Software, Software Management System, Unix
BSD bug found and fixed after 25 years
News A Unix developer has discovered a bug in the BSD operating system that has been passed down to all its variants, including OpenBSD and Mac OS X.
Tags: Linux, Mac OS, Open source, OpenBSD, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, BSD, software, network, Berkeley Software Design Inc.
Basics of secure admin privilege use with Unix
Techguide Sometimes, it's worthwhile to get back to basics. Read about the basics of secure administrative privilege use on Unix-like systems.
Tags: UNIX, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Security, SSH, Unix, Administrator, Tool, Password, User Account
Back to beginnings for FreeBSD
News Bob Bruce, founder of the company that in 1993 first published FreeBSD, will once again be in charge of the core FreeBSD business.
Filesystem fragmentation--A security threat
Techguide It may not be immediately apparent, but filesystem fragmentation is more than just a minor annoyance; it can also up the level of risk to your system and data security.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Security Management, Business security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Scanner, Backup, File System, Defragmentation
Store passwords with pwsafe
Techguide The most common password manager on Linux is pwsafe, a command-line application. Vincent Danen explains how to work this tool.
Tags: Security Management, Open source, Linux, Passphrase, Apple Mac OS X, Password, Security Management, Open source, Linux, Web
