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Novell delivers security shield for Linux computers

Novell delivers security shield for Linux computersNopeSorry, but many people on here have said linux can't be compromised. If they didn't directly outright say it then they sure as hell implied it. Many times in a MS article its "Use linux!" insetad to imply 100% perfect security. Then...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SELinux, computer, Linux computer, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux, security

Discussion threads 2006-01-10

Is SELinux ready?

Is SELinux ready?Solaris has an analog to SELinux...but hardly anyone uses itSolaris 8 introduced Role Based Access Control that offers much the same functionality. Solaris 10 adds process privilege levels as well you can assign a userid a process privilege to bind to a low port for example. Combined they...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Sun Solaris 10, SELinux, role-based access control, Sun Solaris

Discussion threads 2005-01-20

Is SELinux ready?

Reading this ZDNet piece about upcoming releases from Novell and Red Hat, I see that Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL 4 is supposed to include Security-enhanced Linux SELinux. This is not surprising, since Red Hat has used the last two Fedora Core releases to test SELinux. However, it's not clear...

Tags: SELinux

Blog posts 2005-01-20

SELinux: Past, Present and Future

Red Hat developed SELinux to help the users protect against 0-day exploits. SELinux is the last line of defense on the system. SELinux utilizes Mandatory Access Control MAC. This webcast provides a brief on SELinux.

Tags: Red Hat Inc., SELinux, Open Source

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Tresys VM Fortress

Tresys recently launched VM Fortress, a product based upon work done at the U.S. government's National Security Agency and has been made available as SELinux.VM Fortress is designed to enhance virtual machine security "by confining virtual machines in a patent-pending sandboxing mechanism. This strong, independent control over system resources strictly...

Tags: Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSO

Antivirus is 'completely wasted money': Cisco CSOBUYING antivirus is a waste of timeBut honestly; from what I've read, freeware antiviruses such as Clam, and Avast do as good a job or better than overpriced commerical ones you have to subscribe too.In the last 4 years I've been on Win2k, and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, Black List, antivirus, security, Cisco Systems Inc., software, Using Virtual Machine, Stewart

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launch

Updated Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth said version 8.04 features a sexier GUI for consumers but it's the Long Term Support, Wubi Windows installer, server assets and expanding ecosystem that will make it a rising star in the corporate world. Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Red Hat Inc., Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed

Gartner: Windows collapsing under its own weight; Radical change needed...LOL... get too greedy and lose your focus. This is the eventual outcome, and Like IBM, Microsoft will have to pare down, rethink and take some serious blows. I don't think Microsoft will go away (too bad...) but they are sure...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Oops IT, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Interview with the Vista Pwn2Own contest winners

Interview with the Vista Pwn2Own contest winnersSo NO, we did not duplicate it on any other platform.What Nate states is this is a compiler issue with a polymorphism/name mangling bug. Therefore, it is not a Adobe coding issue. So my questions still remain:1) Have you duplicated this on...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), data execution prevention, Vista Pwn2Own, Nate, flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

Red Hat takes the open source security challenge

Red Hat takes the open source security challengeSilly MeAnd here I always assume that if it's closed it's insecure.Open Source = the possibility for peer review.Security: Obscurity or Design?This has been discussed [i]ad nauseam[/i] with the "security through obscurity" versus the "security by design" model. This all goes back to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., security, open source, OpenBSD

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Security metrics: Is there a better way?

A report arguing that the first year of Vista has been more secure--or at least has had fewer vulnerabilities--than XP and other operating systems has raised a ruckus. The issue raises a question about whether there are any metrics that could accurately capture whether an operating system is more secure....

Tags: Operating System, Vulnerability, Metric, Functionality, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Fewer patches != safer OS

Fewer patches != safer OSMathematicsReported bugfixes:Bugs in program*[External rate of discovery*fix rate for external bugs+Internal rate of discovery*fix rate for internal bugs*reporting rate for internal fixes]Quality is only the first term. How much the others modulate the results isn't directly observable.In principle, the bug count can be estimated based...

Tags: Patches, Operating systems, PC-infrastructure, safer OS, security, Fewer Patches, patch management, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

Zero Days: How to protect yourself

Zero Days: How to protect yourselfMy take...if it's so dangerous and all... then stop using the internet all together. Come on let's be real here. I mean as much as I dislike Microsoft even I will admit that the last couple years have been pretty quiet on the scale of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SECURITY, Zero-Day

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

Download Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon"

Download Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon"RE: small tipIt's not your laptop they will steal, it's your 'small tip', patent it, then sue ya for infringement. ;)small tipNext time indeed just download it approximately two days before release date ... Saves you a lot of waiting etc. and in the last week...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Notebooks, small tip, Download Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon

Discussion threads 2007-10-18

Ahsay Online Backup Suite (exe)

The Provider Edition of Ahsay Online Backup Suite is a commercial solution for xSPs and online backup service providers. Besides its robust backup features and multi-platform support, Ahsay is the only fully brandable solution on the market. The Business Edition is specially designed to SMBs who want to backup their...

Tags: Ahsay Online Backup Suite, Business Edition, Backups

Software downloads 2007-10-17

Ahsay Online Backup Suite (zip)

The Provider Edition of Ahsay Online Backup Suite is a commercial solution for xSPs and online backup service providers. Besides its robust backup features and multi-platform support, Ahsay is the only fully brandable solution on the market. The Business Edition is specially designed to SMBs who want to backup their...

Tags: Ahsay Online Backup Suite, Business Edition, Backups

Software downloads 2007-10-17

Is Linux innovative?

Is Linux innovative?"innovation" - bah!Just what IS innovation? I always thought that innovation is the poor stepchild to invention - i.e. If you aren't good enough to invent something new, maybe you can fiddle with something existing to "improve" it. Henry Ford had his "campouts" with Thomas Edison (and other...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., innovation, LINUX IS, Linux, GNU/Linux

Discussion threads 2007-09-28

Windows Home Server patch is out

Windows Home Server patch is outMary Joe, why nothing about Office 03 SP3?Did I steal your thunder?WHS is great!!Great info Mary Jo, been beta testing it and I think it's awesome. Any more news on the Vista SP1?WHS - MCE = DoorstopThere was great potential for WHS, but without Media...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, WHS, server

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

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nullVirtualization is not a solution. It's a small feature.The problem with salesman is that they act like sound-byte dumb processing machines.If the current trend was (God Forbid! :) :) ) placing Windows Vista on mainframe no matter how dumb, irrational that would be, they would move mountains to make it...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Servers, kettle, TCO, server, virtualization

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Securing Firefox: How to avoid hacker attacks on Mozilla's browser

Securing Firefox: How to avoid hacker attacks on Mozilla's browserApparently it's by dropping the "H" from "HTTP"?At least that's how the link off the ZDNet news page is mis-written. ;)How to secure Firefox, IE and Safari to avoid hacker attacks...Download [url=http://www.opera.com]Opera 9.2[/url] and install it instead of [insert whatever...

Tags: Web browsers, Hacking, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, hacker attack, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-09