LinuxSecurity Contributor - Benjamin D. Thomas
Benjamin D. Thomas
Articles From Benjamin D. Thomas
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Small businesses using more open source
05 December 2005
When Gary Mauldin, CEO of La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, died from complications from an accident on
General Security
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A very long chat with Debian's Branden Robinson
03 December 2005
What's your personal point of view about Security? I think it's important. To elaborate, secu
Security Sources
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How to build and use a Honeypot
02 December 2005
Everybody has gotten hacked one way or another when dealing with computers. When I ran across the id
Intrusion Detection
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Internal system vulnerabilities poorly patched
02 December 2005
Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO of Qualys and leading vulnerabilities researcher, said that internal systems
General Security
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10 things you should do to prepare a new Linux installation
02 December 2005
There are over 200 different Linux distributions and you will need the patches that are specific to
Host Security
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Photos: Inside Symantec's secure bunker
01 December 2005
The Symantec bunker was built by the UK government in the early 1990s to shelter key utilities worke
General Security
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Why Duplicate Packets May Appear on SPAN Ports
01 December 2005
I noticed a post to snort-users today asking if Snort had a problem with duplicate packets:
"We h
Network Security
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Why judgment matters in a security professional
30 November 2005
The case of Daniel Cuthbert, a.k.a. The Tsunami Hacker, raises a great deal of issues relevant to co
General Security
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IT security professionals in demand in 2006
30 November 2005
Unprecedented demand for IT security professionals has employers fighting to retain talent.
This
General Security
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Open-source to the Rescue Again
30 November 2005
Traffic on the network had increased all week, but the intrusion-detection system wasn't picking up
Intrusion Detection
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Expert: audits not enough
29 November 2005
Corporations must do more than just conduct audits to protect against evolving security threats, a s
General Security
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Agencies must monitor insider network threats, expert says
29 November 2005
Agency networks are more vulnerable than ever, according to a former CIA official and cybersecurity
Government