Mario Eberlein, Rene Auberger and Wolfram Andreas Richter give an overview of security concepts, installation issues, and potential threats and their exploits. They also offer “practical advice on how to secure and harden a Linux-based system”.
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Slackware Linux 101
Joe Brockmeier explains how Slackware initialises services, what the various runlevels are and how to add or remove services from the default install.
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Slackware 10.1 review
Matthew Trow shares his sense of excitement about the release of Slackware 10.1 and tells why Slackware remains his preferred Linux flavour.
www.osnews.com
My workstation OS: Slackware
“Once I tried the full distro, I never looked back.” Michael Stibane explains why he is happy using Slackware.
www.linux.com
Linux Inc
“Little understood by the outside world, the community of Linux programmers has evolved in recent years into something much more mature, organized, and efficient. Put bluntly, Linux has turned pro.” Steve Hamm takes you on a tour of what has become the Linux phenomenon.
www.businessweek.com
Point-and-click email crypto
“I don’t want people reading my mail.” Roy Hoobler explains how to use KGPG for email and file encryption under KDE.
www.linuxjournal.com
Linux: the thinking person’s IT solution
“It is ironic that a fear of technology has sent thousands of companies hurtling into the arms of an IT vendor that has some of the most complex, resource hungry and insecure server technology on the market.” Malcolm Cartledge prefers low cost and high reliability.
www.biosmagazine.co.uk
Slackware 10: first impressions
“Above all, I am impressed by Slackware’s stability, clean layout, easy customisation, and excellent package management system.” Michael Hall gives his opinion on Slackware.
www.osnews.com
Monitoring hard disks with SMART
“Many users and system administrators don’t know that SMART systems are built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks.” Bruce Allen explains how to use Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) to monitor the health of your hard disks and preempt catastrophic failures.
www.linuxjournal.com