Tails Secure Distro Amnesiac Incognito
Dec 04, 2012These days, security and privacy issues are increasingly making the news, but where can the average free software user learn more about safer practices? One of the best answers I have found is Tails, a Debian-based distribution that seems as much about teaching users to make informed decisions as about the software itself.
more »Security Lessons: auditd Configuring and using auditd
Nov 26, 2012The auditd tool can provide system logging capabilities to satisfy even the most paranoid users.
more »MegaDroid Project Studies Smartphone Security
Oct 11, 2012Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a self-contained, Android-based network to study cyber disruptions and help secure hand-held devices.
more »Citrix Releases XenServer 6.1
Oct 11, 2012Citrix announces version 6.1 of XenServer – a complete server virtualization platform built on the open source Xen hypervisor.
more »Testing Password Quality Creating secure passwords and testing their quality
Oct 09, 2012Create secure passwords with the help of a password generator and check for quality at the same time.
more »Red Hat Updates Enterprise MRG
Sep 27, 2012Red Hat has updated its messaging, real-time, and grid platform, Red Hat Enterprise MRG, to version 2.2.
more »Zentyal Announces Zentyal 3.0
Sep 20, 2012The Zentyal Development Team releases Zentyal 3.0, a major release of its Linux small business server.
more »IPv6 Pen Testing Pen testing on IPv6 networks
Aug 23, 2012If you have enabled IPv6 on your network without considering basic security issues, you might have opened up a hole for attackers. In this article, we demonstrate a successful attack on a server via IPv6 and explain how the popular security tools handle IPv6.
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Google and NASA Partner in Quantum Computing Project
Vendor D-Wave scores big with a sale to NASA's Quantum Intelligence Lab.
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Mageia Project Announces Mageia 3 Linux
Many package updates and Steam integration highlight the latest from the Mandriva-based community Linux.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.