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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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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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Meet the Anti-Nmap: PSAD  12 February 2008  Print E-mail
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Having a great defense involves proper detection and recognition of an attack. In our security world we have great IDS tools to properly recognize when we are being attacked as well as firewalls to prevent such attacks from happening. However, certain attacks are not blindly thrown at you - a good attacker knows that a certain amount of reconnaissance and knowledge about your defenses greatly increases the chances of a successful attack. How would you know if someone is scanning your defenses? Is there any way to properly respond to such scans? You bet there is...

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Open Source Tool of February: Nmap!  01 February 2008  Print E-mail
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Features This February, the team at Linuxsecurity.com has chosen NMAP as the Open Source Security Tool of the Month!

In January, we chose GnuPG in part because it had just celebrated its 10th anniversary. Well, it wasn't alone. As of this past December Nmap ("Network Mapper"), the free and open source utility for network exploration and auditing, celebrated its 10th Anniversary as well! And because of its popularity, chances are very good that you've already used NMAP for quite some time. Even if you have, it's always good to take a look at how it all got started and what it's all about...

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HowTo: Secure your Ubuntu Apache Web Server  29 January 2008  Print E-mail
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Features Setting up a web server with Apache on a Linux distribution is a very quick process, however to make it a secure setup takes some work. This article will show you how to make your Apache web server more secure from an attack by effectively using Access control and authentication strategies.

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