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Web, DNS, and Mail are the building block services of the Internet. In this article, I show how to setup a Web, DNS, and Mail server with a few clicks of the mouse using EnGarde Secure Linux.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Mar 12, 2004

Interview with Vincenzo Ciaglia, Founder of Netwosix

In this article, a brief introduction of Netwosix is given and the project founder Vincenzo Ciaglia is interviewed. Netwosix is light Linux distribution for system administrators and advanced users.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Feb 18, 2004

Guardian Digital Launches Next Generation EnGarde Secure Linux

Award-winning secure operating platform combines ease of management with unsurpassed security as a primary focus.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Feb 10, 2004

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Introduction to Netwox and Interview with Creator Laurent Constantin

In this article Duane Dunston gives a brief introduction to Netwox, a combination of over 130 network auditing tools. Also, Duane interviews Laurent Constantin, the creator of Netwox.

Duane Dunston

Duane Dunston
Jan 27, 2004

Managing Linux Security Effectively in 2004

This article examines the process of proper Linux security management in 2004. First, a system should be hardened and patched. Next, a security routine should be established to ensure that all new vulnerabilities are addressed. Linux security should be treated as an evolving process.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Jan 06, 2004

OSVDB: An Independent and Open Source Vulnerability Database

This article outlines the origins, purpose, and future of the Open Source Vulnerability Database project. Also, we talk to with Tyler Owen, a major contributor.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Dec 18, 2003

Guardian Digital Customers Protected From Linux Kernel Vulnerability

Guardian Digital, the world's premier open source Internet security company, announced today that its customers were not impacted by the recent kernel security vulnerability that afflicted other open source vendors and their customers.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Dec 04, 2003

Guardian Digital Launches the First Secure Small Business Internet Productivity Solution

Guardian Digital, the world's premier open source Internet security company, announced today the availability of Internet Productivity Suite, a comprehensive productivity and security management system. Focused on the increasing requirements of small and medium organizations, this cohesive and highly-secure suite of applications combine to protect users from Internet threats while providing the features necessary to operate a complete Internet presence.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Nov 24, 2003

OpenVPN: An Introduction and Interview with Founder, James Yonan

OpenVPN is a newer-generation VPN in that it is based on SSL as the underlying security mechanism. IPSEC is the current and most popular standard for VPN technology.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Nov 10, 2003

EnGarde GDSN Subscription Price Reduction

Guardian Digital, the world's premier open source security company, announced today that they will be reducing the annual subscription cost of the Guardian Digital Secure Network for EnGarde Community users from $229 to $60 for a limited time.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Oct 02, 2003

R00ting The Hacker

Dan Verton, the author of The Hacker Diaries: Confessions of Teenage Hackers is a former intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps who currently writes for Computerworld and CNN.com, covering national cyber-security issues and critical infrastructure protection.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Sep 19, 2003

A Practical Approach of Stealthy Remote Administration

This paper is written for those paranoid administrators who are looking for a stealthy technique of managing sensitive servers (like your enterprise firewall console or IDS).

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Aug 23, 2003

Basic Intrusion Prevention using Content-based Filtering

This article will discuss a very useful but seemingly overlooked functionality of Netfilter, a firewall code widely used in Linux, that provides content matching and filtering capabilities.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Aug 04, 2003

Expert vs. Expertise: Computer Forensics and the Alternative OS

No longer a dark and mysterious process, computer forensics have been significantly on the scene for more than five years now. Despite this, they have only recently gained the notoriety they deserve.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Jul 28, 2003

Fun Things To Do With Your Honeypot

Most of the papers deal with the potential gains a honeypot can give you, and the proper way to monitor a honeypot. Not very many of them deal with the honeypots themselves.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Jul 22, 2003

Intrusion Detection Systems: An Introduction

Intrusion Detection is the process and methodology of inspecting data for malicious, inaccurate or anomalous activity. At the most basic levels there are two forms of Intrusion Detection Systems that you will encounter: Host and Network based.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
May 27, 2003

EnGarde Secure Community Edition Released

At the RealWorld Linux Expo in Toronto, Guardian Digital launched the next generation of the Community edition of our EnGarde Secure Linux.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Apr 29, 2003

Days of the Honeynet: Attacks, Tools, Incidents

Among other benefits, running a honeynet makes one acutely aware about "what is going on" out there. While placing a network IDS outside one's firewall might also provide a similar flood of alerts, a honeypot provides a unique prospective on what will be going on when a related server is compromised used by the intruders.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Apr 22, 2003

Making It Big: Large Scale Network Forensics (Part 1 of 2)

Computer forensics have hit the big time. A previously superniche technology, forensics have moved into the collective consciousness of IT sys. admins. and Corporate CSOs.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Mar 24, 2003

Making It Big: Large Scale Network Forensics (Part 2 of 2)

Proper methodology for computer forensics would involve a laundry-list of actions and thought processes that an investigator needs to consider in order to have the basics covered.

Brittany Day

Brittany Day
Mar 21, 2003

Feature Articles - Page 18

Protect Your Linux Web Apps and Meet Compliance Standards

Strategies for Improving Linux Security Through Cross-Browser Compatibility Testing

Security Risks of Open-Source Software & Mitigations to Overcome Them

Discover LinuxSecurity Features

Configure Web/DNS/Mail Securely in 5 Minutes with EnGarde

Interview with Vincenzo Ciaglia, Founder of Netwosix

Guardian Digital Launches Next Generation EnGarde Secure Linux

Contribute to LinuxSecurity

Introduction to Netwox and Interview with Creator Laurent Constantin

Managing Linux Security Effectively in 2004

OSVDB: An Independent and Open Source Vulnerability Database

Guardian Digital Customers Protected From Linux Kernel Vulnerability

Guardian Digital Launches the First Secure Small Business Internet Productivity Solution

OpenVPN: An Introduction and Interview with Founder, James Yonan

EnGarde GDSN Subscription Price Reduction

R00ting The Hacker

A Practical Approach of Stealthy Remote Administration

Basic Intrusion Prevention using Content-based Filtering

Expert vs. Expertise: Computer Forensics and the Alternative OS

Fun Things To Do With Your Honeypot

Intrusion Detection Systems: An Introduction

EnGarde Secure Community Edition Released

Days of the Honeynet: Attacks, Tools, Incidents

Making It Big: Large Scale Network Forensics (Part 1 of 2)

Making It Big: Large Scale Network Forensics (Part 2 of 2)

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