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Security considerations when migrating from Unix to Linux

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The Linux server market is expected to grow by 35% from last year, according to research firm IDC. Many of these Linux systems are replacing Unix in corporations looking to reduce IT costs. However, at the same time, there are more attacks on Linux than ever before. So, if you're considering a migration from your Unix systems to Linux, it's important to keep security in mind.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 16, 2003

Web Application Hacking: Exposing Your Backend

We used to have simple web sites. The web server sent HTML to the browser which displayed it. This was a "brochureware" site; designed for marketing or advertising. There was no business data anywhere near the web site. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 12, 2003

The top 10 internet security scr*w ups!

With over 10 years experience of defending against Internet Security threats, Tom Salkield, Managing Director of NetConnect, has seen it all. NetConnect, part of Netstore plc, is one of founders of the UK Internet Security industry, and Tom has dealt with . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 11, 2003

Nessus Scanning on Windows Domain

This paper is about using Nessus to scan Windows networks and various scenarios one might encounter. It does not talk about running Nessus from a Windows machine but on a Windows machine or network. In other words, Windows computers are targets. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 11, 2003

Ignore standards for web services security

Companies should take the proprietary route to provide security for web services-based transactions over the next three years, according to analysts. In a research paper, Security Pattern Standards Face a Long Road to Maturity, analyst Gartner advises firms to rely on vendor-provided technology to provide security for web services-based transactions until 2006. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 10, 2003

Study: Paucity of patches on OpenSSL

Only 3 percent of Web servers running the open-source version of a secure communications component, OpenSSL, may be using the latest, bug-free software, according to a recent survey by Internet watcher NetCraft. The OpenSSL secure sockets layer software allows servers to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 05, 2003

Red Hat Looks to NSA to Bolster Linux Security

Red Hat Inc's Enterprise Linux 4 will feature far greater support for security policy and process management, thanks to work emerging from the US Government's National Security Agency, ComputerWire has learned.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 04, 2003

Security pros can leverage spam-busting with management

Many security professionals find themselves saddled with the job of ridding their companies of spam. Regardless of whether spam is a security issue, tackling the problem is a good way for security pros to wow management. "There are very few . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 31, 2003

Hackers Preying on Patching Headache

This is the second part of our interview with two UK hackers dryice and frixion who were implicated in testimony during a recent trial over a denial of service attack on one of the largest ports in the US. Here they . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 28, 2003

Linux finds more homes among enterprises

Linux cannot hold a candle to Microsoft in the fight for OS space yet, but it is gaining popularity among enterprises because of its low cost and support from governments. According to IDC, paid shipments of Linux server operating environments captured . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 27, 2003

Security and the much needed unification of servers

Today news sites repeated the monthly Microsoft execute says "Linux is insecure" articles. And while they are comparing apples with eggs (as Linux distributions ship with far more servers and network services than Microsoft offers), it's hard to deny the fact . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 23, 2003

Web Security Appliance With Apache and mod_security

As more and more attacks are being carried out over the HTTP layer there is a growing need to push the envelope and bring Web security to new levels. Most existing tools work on the TCP/IP level, failing to use the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 21, 2003

Web Intrusion Detection And Prevention

ModSecurity is an open source intrusion detection and prevention engine for web applications. It operates embedded into the web server, acting as a powerful umbrella - shielding applications from attacks. ModSecurity supports Apache (both branches) today, with support for Java-based servers coming soon.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 20, 2003

Clearing hard drive takes more than deleting

When it comes to personal information, the delete key isn't enough, say computer investigators at New Technologies Armor.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 20, 2003

Developers Believe in Linux Security

The survey, conducted by Evans Data Corp., Santa Cruz, Calif., showed that developers view Linux as "the most innately secure operating system. In fact, the percentage of developers who said so increased to 23 percent, up from 19 percent six months . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 20, 2003

Survey: Windows Developers Say Linux More Secure

Is Linux built more securely than Windows? According to a new survey, Windows and Linux developers both say yes--and for the first time, ranked it ahead of Windows XP.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 16, 2003

Introduction to Linux Filesystem and Files

Everything you do with Linux involves files in one way or another. You launch programs from files, read program configurations in files, store data in files, deliver files to clients via servers, and so on. Therefore, the tools Linux provides for . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 10, 2003

Blind SQL Injection: Are Your Vulnerable

SQL Injection can deliver total control of your server to an attacker giving them the ability to read, write and manipulate all data stored in your backend systems. Despite being remarkably simple to protect against, there are an astonishing number of . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 01, 2003

Simplifying Data Protection Decisions

No one doubts that computers have made businesses more fast-paced, efficient and flexible. The clerks of Dickens' day, laboriously entering facts and figures into ledgers, are long gone. The 20th century's legions of secretaries armed with typewriters, carbon paper and filing . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 01, 2003

Linux fights off worms

The forthcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 suite will include a new feature to thwart worms and hackers. The news arrives as the security of open-source systems comes under increased scrutiny.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 29, 2003

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