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Security Features of Firefox 3.0

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:12:18 +0000

LinuxSecurity.com: 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.

Review: The Book of Wireless

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:56 +0000

LinuxSecurity.com: "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.

April 2008 Open Source Tool of the Month: sudo

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0000

LinuxSecurity.com: This month the editors at LinuxSecurity.com have chosen sudo as the Open Source Tool of the Month!

Open Source Tool of March: ZoneMinder

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:50:42 +0000

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Meet the Anti-Nmap: PSAD

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:43:26 +0000

LinuxSecurity.com: 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...

Open Source Tool of February: Nmap!

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:58:56 +0000

LinuxSecurity.com: 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...