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Golden's Rules: Will proprietary vendors' open source deals help IT shops, OS movement?
Why are more and more proprietary vendors latching onto open source products? IT consultant Bernard Golden looks behind the gamesmanship of recent deals to see how they'll affect users. Tip
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Rootkit levels of infection and mitigation
PaX team developers Ed Tittel and Justin Korelc describe St. Jude and St. Michael intrusion detection systems as coutermeasures against hackers' exploitive use of rootkit. Tip
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How to use OpenOffice 2.0's database tool, Part 2
OpenOffice expert Solveig Haugland walks users through the process of creating a database and entry forms to conveniently configurate data entry. Tip
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Linux virtual address randomization and impacting buffer overflows
PaX team developers Ed Tittel and Justin Korelc explain how to stop buffer flow exploitation leaks and bolster security with Linux virtual address randomization. Tip
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Tips and tools for handling Linux crashes
Authors Dan Behman and Mark Wilding describe how to react to Linux server crashes. They describe how to use troubleshooting tools, like serial console, and when not to try troubleshooting on your own. Tip
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Managing Samba-3: User rights and privileges
Samba expert John Terpstra explains how to manage the Samba-3 equivalents of administrative security controls in the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Tip
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A tour of the Red Hat Directory Server
Ken Milberg guides users on a tour of the Red Hat Directory Server installation, setup and configuration process. Tip
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A tour of Red Hat Certificate System
Unix-to-Linux expert Ken Milberg discusses how the Red Hat Certification System provides an enterprise solution for managing user identities and ensuring privacy. Tip
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Managing Samba: Windows network identity basics
Linux administrators keen to manage Samba well should be just as keen on learning the basics of Windows network identity, says Samba team co-founder John H. Terpstra. Understanding Windows networking identity basics can make Samba management a lot ea... Tip
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Golden's Rules: Get server control, virtualization with free, open source Xen
Expert Bernard Golden explains virtualization with Xen. Tip