Security News and Articles

OpenSSL with Bash

Using the OpenSSL toolkit with Bash

Cryptography is an important part of IT security, and OpenSSL is a well-known cryptography toolkit for Linux. Experts depend on OpenSSL because it is free, it has huge capabilities, and it’s easy to use in Bash scripts.

Rescue Me

When I was thinking about ways you could rescue your system with Linux, the thought occurred to me: Why not rescue your life? Because that’s what Linux can do for you.

Testing Password Quality

Creating secure passwords and testing their quality

Create secure passwords with the help of a password generator and check for quality at the same time.

UEFI and Secure Boot

No Free Boots

The imminent Windows 8 implementation of UEFI with Secure Boot adds an extra layer of complexity for some Linux users. We look at the problem and two solutions from Fedora and Canonical.