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A Secure Nagios Server  11 November 2008  Print E-mail
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Source: www.linuxsecurity.com - Posted by Bill Keys   
Features Nagios is a monitoring software designed to let you know about problems on your hosts and networks quickly. You can configure it to be used on any network. Setting up a Nagios server on any Linux distribution is a very quick process however to make it a secure setup it takes some work. This article will not show you how to install Nagios since there are tons of them out there but it will show you in detail ways to improve your Nagios security.

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Never Installed a Firewall on Ubuntu? Try Firestarter  25 September 2008  Print E-mail
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Features When I typed on Google “Do I really need a firewall?” 695,000 results came across. And I'm pretty sure they must be saying “Hell yeah!”. In my opinion, no one would ever recommend anyone to sit naked on the internet keeping in mind the insecurity internet carries these days, unless you really know what you are doing. Read on for more information on Firestarter.

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Security Features of Firefox 3.0  23 June 2008  Print E-mail
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Source: Linux Security.com Editors - Posted by Bill Keys   
Features Lets take a look at the security features of the newly released Firefox 3.0. Since it's release on Tuesday I have been testing it out to see how the new security enhancements work and help in increase user browsing security. One of the exciting improvements for me was how Firefox handles SSL secured web sites while browsing the Internet. There are also many other security features that this article will look at. For example, improved plugin and addon security. Read on for more security features of Firefox 3.0.

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April 2008 Open Source Tool of the Month: sudo  01 April 2008  Print E-mail
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Features This month the editors at LinuxSecurity.com have chosen sudo as the Open Source Tool of the Month!

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Open Source Tool of March: ZoneMinder  03 March 2008  Print E-mail
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Features

For January and February, we chose some of the staples of open source security (GnuPG and Nmap) as the tool of the month. And deservedly so; both have just celebrated their ten-year anniversary in the open source realm, a rare feat for any open source project, much less one founded on security.

But for the month of March, we wanted to move ahead and change gears. This month's Open Source Tool is no newbie for sure, but we bet that most of you reading haven't heard of it. While most Linux security tools deal with digital security, this month's tool is one of the few to cross that divide;

Welcome to Zone Minder, the Open Source Tool for March...

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