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Securing a Linux Web Server - With the significant prevalence of Linux web servers globally, security is often touted as a strength of the platform for such a purpose. However, a Linux based web server is only as secure as its configuration and very often many are quite vulnerable to compromise. While specific configurations vary wildly due to environments or specific use, there are various general steps that can be taken to insure basic security considerations are in place.

Peter Smith Releases Linux Network Security Online - Thanks so much to Peter Smith for announcing on linuxsecurity.com the release of his Linux Network Security book available free online. "In 2005 I wrote a book on Linux security. 8 years later and the publisher has gone out of business. Now that I'm free from restrictions on reproducing material from the book, I have decided to make the entire book available online."

  New encryption flaw, LogJam, puts Web surfers at risk (May 20)
 

Computer security experts said they've found a new encryption flaw closely related to one found earlier this year that puts Web surfers' data at risk.
  (May 21)
 

Using one guess, an attacker has a 19.7 percent chance of guessing an English speaking user loves pizza, according to Google's findings, which looked at hundreds of millions of questions and answers for account recovery claims.
  (May 18)
 

Aaron Swartz and Jonathan James commit suicide in different years; surprisingly the prosecution team trying them was the sameTwo of world's most wanted hackers had committed suicide and no one still knows why.
  How I Got Here: Marcus Ranum (May 21)
 

Dennis Fisher talks with security pioneer Marcus Ranum about writing an early Internet firewall at DEC, the security gold-rush era of the 1990s and early 2000s, why he never patented most of the ideas he has come up with and how he found peace of mind. - See more at:

  DDoS reflection attacks are back