Most people assume Linux is secure, and that’s a false assumption. Imagine your laptop is stolen without first being hardened. A thief would probably assume your username is “root” and your password ...

These days, it's more important than ever to tighten up the security on your servers, yet if you were to look at several official hardening guides, they read as though they were written for Red Hat ...

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The good news about open source security tools is that they're cheap and don't require much administration. The bad news about open source security tools is that they're cheap and don't require much ...

A friend of mine is on the mildly paranoid train and sends everything through encrypted email to me, so this is kind of giving me an excuse to work on building a Linux desktop I can use for this. I'm ...

At LinuxWorld, held here this week, the Boxborough, Mass.-based vendor is demonstrating Linux drivers for its ft-series of fault-tolerant servers. The company is currently hardening Linux drivers to ...

Server hardening. The very words conjure up images of tempering soft steel into an unbreakable blade, or taking soft clay and firing it in a kiln, producing a hardened vessel that will last many years ...