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Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Nmap 4
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more »AppArmor Hardening systems with AppArmor
Apr 30, 2006After penetrating a remote system, intruders might think they are home and dry, but AppArmor spoils the fun, locking the miscreants in a virtual cage.
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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 »Charly's Column The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: Webalizer Xtended
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Dec 31, 2005The Apache web server can fight back against DoS attacks. You just need a little help from Mod_evasive.
more »Nmap Methods Understanding Nmap analysis techniques
Dec 31, 2005How does the popular Nmap scanner identify holes in network security? In this article, we examine some Nmap analysis techniques.
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