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Trend Micro InterScan Gateway Security Appliance
Reviews Trend Micro's IGSA delivers relatively complete protection from viruses, spyware, spam and other threats at the internet gateway. However, you can't add your own scanning protocols and the restriction to Windows and IE clients for the Damage Cleanup Services feature is a drawback.
Simplify system backups with Partition Image
Insight Backing up and restoring partitions with the Linux operating system is a cinch with the Partition Image tool. Find out how to install and use this handy utility.
Use disk quotas to manage accounts in a multi-user Linux environment
Techguide Disk quotas in Linux make use of software managed constraints on how much disk space can be used by specific user accounts. This tutorial explains how to set up them up on your system.
Should India now look forward to unique ID cards?
Blogs In his book Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century, Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, talks about how the futu...
Authentication caching with nscd
Techguide Distributed authentication is increasingly popular as home networks add more computers and business networks continue to expand.
Tags: Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS, Open source
Manipulate process priority with nice
Techguide Modern operating systems are multi-user and multitasking, which means that multiple users and multiple tasks can be using the computer at any given time.
Tags: Open source, Linux
Old-school UNIX tools help track down hackers
Insight Catching malicious hackers isn't impossible. With the right tools, you can gather key information to help authorities identify the perpetrators. Learn how to use common UNIX tools to track down these attackers.
Implement password security in Linux
Insight Enforcing strong password requirements is the cornerstone of a good security policy. See how you can set requirements for acceptable passwords, check existing passwords for weaknesses, and secure your password database in Linux.
Take advantage of idle system power with the Condor distributed system
Insight Enterprises often have large-scale computational needs, but that doesn't mean that they need a huge budget for a dedicated cluster. A distributed system using open source Condor can harness the processing power sitting idle in large numbers of machines.
Extend the reach of users' e-mail with IMAP
Insight For users that need to retrieve e-mail from multiple computers, IMAP is an excellent alternative to POP3. Here is all you need to know about implementing IMAP into your new e-mail system.
Using pam_mount to automount filesystems at login
Techguide Pam_mount can take a password entered at login and use it to mount an encrypted filesystem. It can also mount non-encrypted filesystems.
Tags: Linux, Infrastructure/architecture management, Configuration File, Authentication, File System, On-demand, Password, Mandriva, Network File System, Vincent Danen
Choose your own version of serialisation in Java
Techguide If you want to use serialisation but not break your classes, follow these simple instructions.
Tags: Software, Protocols and platforms, Programming languages, Java
Choosing your own version of serialization
Techguide If you've ever used serialization in Java, the first thing you probably noticed is how easy it is to code. The second thing you probably noticed is how easy it is to break serialization by changing your classes.
Automate and extend Firefox with the Chickenfoot add-on
Techguide Chickenfoot is a Firefox add-on that allows you to automate user actions within the browser environment.
Tags: Web browsers
Modify data in an LDAP directory
Techguide Vincent Danen introduces a Java-based tool that makes modifying data in an LDAP directory easier.
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