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Security Features of Firefox 3.0  23 June 2008 
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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Review: The Book of Wireless  15 April 2008 
Posted by Bill Keys   
Book Reviews “The Book of Wireless” by John Ross is an answer to the problem of learning about wireless networking. With the wide spread use of Wireless networks today anyone with a computer should at least know the basics of wireless. Also, with the wireless networking, users need to know how to protect themselves from wireless networking attacks.

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April 2008 Open Source Tool of the Month: sudo  01 April 2008 
Posted by Ryan W. Maple   
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 
Posted by Ryan Berens   
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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 
Posted by Eckie Silapaswang   
Features Introduction

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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