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University dumps Cisco VoIP for open-source Asterisk

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Some organizations consider taking the plunge off of big iron PBX platforms into IP telephony as being pretty daring, but that's nothing compared to what Sam Houston State University (SHSU) is doing. The south Texas school is boldly moving thousands of users off a Cisco VoIP platform to an open-source VoIP network based on Asterisk.

Mozilla taps former Microsoft executive for security

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Mozilla has hired a former Microsoft security strategist to help lock down its open-source products against online attacks. Window Snyder, whose hiring was announced Wednesday, worked on Microsoft's security driven Windows XP Service Pack 2 update. She also had a role in the development of Windows Server 2003.

Linux update becomes terminal pain

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Many users of the increasingly popular Ubuntu Linux distribution found themselves on Tuesday thrown back to mid-1990s, when a botched update to the graphical X Window subsystem brought them face-to-face with the command-line terminal.

Novell Aims To Make Linux Security Easy

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With its latest entry into the Linux desktop market, Novell plans to make Linux more secure and make that security easier to manage, company officials said at the LinuxWorld conference. The software maker decided against adopting security modifications to the Linux kernel developed by the National Security Agency, known as SE Linux, because of the system is extremely difficult to configure. Instead, the Waltham, Mass. firm developed a framework for restricting applications known as AppArmor, which it released as an open-source project in January.

Technology for rescuing stolen laptops

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... technology is available that would allow "laptop" and "security" to be spoken in the same breath without triggering gales of cynical laughter. Such systems generally depend on either Internet tracking, "kill switches," or encryption - or, more commonly, a combination of the

DesktopSecure for Linux for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS available

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Log Error writes: Following the launch of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS earlier this month, Canonical made Panda Software DesktopSecure for Linux available to all users of Ubuntu 6.06. Combining the security and manageability of Panda's latest security suite and Ubuntu's easy to use interface gives all users the opportunity to safely and easily browse, shop and interact over the web.

Q&A: Secure Computing Aims for Enterprise Gateway Security

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Earlier this month, San Jose-based Secure Computing Corp. announced plans to acquire privately held messaging security vendor CipherTrust Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., for $273.6 million in cash and stock. The combined company will sell a range of enterprise gateway security appliances designed to help companies handle threats at the network edge and at the application level. John McNulty, CEO of Secure Computing, and Jay Chaudhry, founder and CEO of CipherTrust, spoke with Computerworld earlier this week about the deal.

Site-Lookup Service Foils Fraud

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The OpenDNS system, which will open its servers to the public Monday, wants to be a more user-friendly name resolution service than those provided by ISPs, with technology to keep fraudulent sites out of its listings, correct some typos and help browsers look up web pages faster.

Linux powers security, surveillance DVR

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Securtex International is shipping a line of Linux-powered DVRs (digital video recorders) for security and surveillance applications. The Network Advanced Video Surveillance - Embedded (NAVS-E) DVRs support 4, 8, or 16 cameras, and offer simultaneous remote recording/playback/monitoring through Windows client and management software. In addition to its "NAVS-E" products based on embedded Linux, Securtex offers a line of Windows-based "NAVS" products capable of integrating with cash registers, as shown in the photo at right.