Conventional wisdom would claim the community isn't really a community or that a business helping to build this community could only be acting as some kind of PR-inspired charity. The whole idea that investing in community is a healthy and enlightened way to pursue vital business interests is lost on many in the business world even now, which is why it is important to celebrate when real businesses do real good things for the open source community.

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System logs offer clues for tracking intruders and troubleshooting problems. If you're in charge of a whole network, wouldn't you rather monitor all your logs from a single central point? Graylog and its companion components let you manage all your logs from a single interface.

Under review: Tiny Applications 20130215, CertMgr 0.2.49, Difftree 0.5.8, Scriptform 1.0, Duply 1.11.1, Xplico 1.1.1.

The Whonix desktop operating system lets you use the web without revealing your identity.

The VeraCrypt encryption software comes with a handy graphical interface, and the ability to hide a container in an encrypted volume adds a unique professional feature: plausibly deniable encryption.

The Linux iptables packet filter lacks an easy way to load rules automatically after restarting a system, but you can automate this process several ways.

Klaus Knopper answers your Linux questions.

Synchronizing your data in the cloud is practical, but it's risky if you don't encrypt your data. Desktop encryption utilities offer various levels of security and ease.