New MIT Consortium Promotes Kerberos
Oct 04, 2007The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has founded the Kerberos Consortium with the aim of enhancing the Kerberos authentication protocol to provide a universal authentication method on open networks.
more »Samba specialist SerNet claims specifications from MS
Oct 04, 2007SerNet claimed the protocol specifications from Microsoft in order to enhance the open source software and make it interoperable.
more »Bittorrent: Closed Source and Windows Only
Aug 10, 2007Version 6.0 of the Bittorrent filesharing client will no longer be Open Source and it is currently available for Windows only.
more »Safer Surfing Staying ahead of Internet snoopers and con men
May 31, 2006Do you know enough to surf free of the liars and spies? We’ll show you how to stay ahead of the traps.
more »Tor and Privoxy Anonymous surfing with Tor and Privoxy
May 31, 2006Internet users typically reveal their IP addresses, and this lets companies compile a profile of your Internet activities. Tor and Privoxy can help protect your privacy.
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Netfilter L7 Blocking protocols at Layer 7 with the L7 patch
Feb 28, 2006If you need a tool for filtering protocols that doesn’t depend on the port, try L7, an IPTables patch that operates through regular expressions.
more »Admin Workshop: NTP Insider Tips: Network Time Protocol
Oct 31, 2005Networks often require very accurate timekeeping. The Network Time Protocol provides the time with precision.
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