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This week, perhaps the most interesting articles include "Security Guide to Customs-Proofing Your Laptop," "Virtualization's Secret Security Threats," and "What is SE-PostgreSQL."

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Open Source Tool of March: ZoneMinder - For January and February, we chose some of the staples of open source security (GnuPG and Nmap) as the tool of the month. And deservedly so; both have just celebrated their ten-year anniversary in the open source realm, a rare feat for any open source project, much less one founded on security.

But for the month of March, we wanted to move ahead and change gears. This month's Open Source Tool is no newbie for sure, but we bet that most of you reading haven't heard of it. While most Linux security tools deal with digital security, this month's tool is one of the few to cross that divide;

Welcome to Zone Minder, the Open Source Tool for March...

Meet the Anti-Nmap: PSAD - 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...

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EnGarde Secure Community v3.0.18 Now Available! (Dec 4)

Guardian Digital is happy to announce the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.18 (Version 3.0, Release 18). This release includes the brand new Health Center, new packages for FWKNP and PSAD, updated packages and bug fixes, some feature enhancements to Guardian Digital WebTool and the SELinux policy, as well as other new features.

In distribution since 2001, EnGarde Secure Community was one of the very first security platforms developed entirely from open source, and has been engineered from the ground-up to provide users and organizations with complete, secure Web functionality, DNS, database and e-mail security, integrated intrusion detection and SELinux policies and more.
Security Guide to Customs-Proofing Your Laptop (Mar 14)

If you travel across national borders, it's time to customs-proof your laptop. Customs officials have been stepping up electronic searches of laptops at the border, where travelers enjoy little privacy and have no legal grounds to object. Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized without reason, their contents copied, and the hardware returned hours or even weeks later.

Now that we're jumped ahead an hour and are seeing less snow (at least here out east), we can start moving about the world again with our trusty laptops - be sure to give a quick once over of the above article! This includes tips / tools for ALL operating systems to ensure you have properly secured your laptop - wireless hacks, encryption techniques, and general security apply.

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Network Device Configuration Security Auditing Tool (Mar 14)

Nipper performs security audits of network device configuration files. The report produced by Nipper includes; detailed security-related issues with recommendations, a configuration report and various appendices. Nipper has a large number of configuration options which are described on this page.

Have you heard about the networking security tool called Nipper? If not test it out, there are links to where you can download it and learn more about all the configuration options it has.

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Virtualization's Secret Security Threats (Mar 14)

Interesting article over at InfoWorld on the security implications of virtualization:

Almost any IT department worth its salt is deploying virtualization technology today to reduce power usage, make server and OS deployments more flexible, and better use storage and systems resources. But as virtualization technology gains in popularity, it may bring with it new risks, said Don Simard, the commercial solutions director at the U.S. National Security Agency, the electronic intelligence and cryptographic agency once so secret its very existence was a secret. At the same time, virtualization technology may bring new protections, he noted.

There are a lot of people "drinking the Kool-Aid