IBM Assessment of Open Source Security Tools for Linux Systems

To test open source security products, a study was conducted over a period of three months at the IBM Linux Test Integration Center. The goal for the security study was to deploy and compare various open source security tools that were available for free in the industry, and provide solution recommendations.v

The need for security in today's networked world is overwhelming. With e-commerce, e-mail, information distribution and all the benefits of the explosive growth of the Internet, come destructive attacks, identity thefts, access violations, and worms that propagate across networks to infect thousands to millions of computers.

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