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more »Security Lessons: Web Frameworks Evaluating web frameworks
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more »Linux News
Oct 26, 2012- AMD/OpenJDK/Oracle explore use of GPUs
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- ASF Airavata
- Slackware 14 release
- Shuttleworth funds Inktank/Ceph
- New Apache toplevel project
- Zentyal 3.0 small business server reveals major release
- Keccak wins NIST
- SHA-3 competition
Side Channel Attacks Some web applications send unnecessary information to attackers
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more »OpenVAS The OpenVAS vulnerability scanner
Aug 23, 2012The more IT infrastructure complexity increases, the more indispensable vulnerability scanners become. If you are not interested in retaining the consulting services of a professional hacker, you might want to entrust the task of detecting vulnerabilities to a specialized software tool, such as OpenVAS.
more »Linux News
Aug 23, 2012- OSI accepting individual memberships.
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- Raspberry Pi ramps up production.
- FSFE protects licences when bankruptcy strikes.
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- Web Apps new to Ubuntu.
- LPI Forum
- RSA Anti Rogue App.
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IPv6 Pen Testing Pen testing on IPv6 networks
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