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Linux lasting longer against Net attacks
News Small study of unpatched Linux systems suggests that fewer attacks, and better default configurations, means less risk.
Hacker invades 'War of the Worlds' Web site
News The site for Steven Spielberg's summer film has been defaced by an attacker, who appears to have used a flaw in an Apache Web server.
Tags: Hacking
How to provide secure file copying
Techguide Vincent Danen offers this tip on how to use restricted SSH and chroot to provide secure file copying to your filesystem.
Tags: Open source
Linux buoys up Novell earnings
News Novell's third-quarter financial results show its Linux business up, while its enterprise applications are sinking.
Tags: Business applications, Linux, Open source, Novell Inc., compliance, Earnings, Linux system, access management, data center, Intel x86
Schedule periodic tasks with cron
Techguide Uncover the basics of scheduling basic system and user tasks with cron, such as downloading e-mail at certain intervals and restarting services.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Script, Hourly, Environment, e-mail, Linux system, job, Linux, Open source
Linux cryptography attacks seen in the wild
News Secure Shell keys are being compromised and stolen from Linux-based systems, U.S.-CERT has warned.
Tags: Security, Linux, Open source, Key, SSH, Rootkit, IT Professional, Attack, Cryptography, aide
Compromised at boot
Techguide It's not just theory any longer--your computer can be compromised at boot, at least for Microsoft Windows and certain Linux distributions.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, Data security, Operating systems, Security, Virtual Machine, Tool, Password, operating system, computer
Toshiba, others to share OS for digital devices
News Toshiba Corp, Sony Corp, NEC Corp and others will jointly develop a new software operating system for digital appliances based on the Linux system currently in use for Internet severs.
Japan expands supercomputer cluster
News in brief Supercomputer maker Linux Networx has sold a system with 278 dual-processor servers to Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
Tags: grid computing
Finding hotspots with Wireless Assistant
Techguide Learn to use Wireless Assistant for Linux to access wireless networks. Vincent Danen tells you how in this Linux tip.
Tags: Networking, Mobile/Wireless, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Linux
Installing Java on your Linux system
Techguide Vincent Danen shows the easiest way to install Java on a Linux system
Installing Java on your Linux system
Techguide Vincent Danen shows the easiest way to install Java on a Linux system.
Linux lasting longer against Net attacks
Insight Unpatched Linux systems are surviving longer on the Internet before being compromised, according to a report from the Honeynet Project released this week.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux server OS
Who's been in your Linux system?
Insight Find out who's been using your system with these Linux tools.
Tags: Linux
Quick backups to tape on Linux systems
Techguide Vincent Danen shows you how to make quick backups on Linux systems with the mt-st suite of tools.
