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Linux distros join forces on security
padlock.jpg Red Hat has recently announced a community initiative called the Open Source Software Security community (oss-security). This project is an effort to manage security information in open source software by building on the collaborative foundation of the open source model. According to their wiki page, the purpose of the group is to encourage public discussion of security flaws, concepts, and practices in the Open Source community. The members of this group include, but are not limited to Open Source projects, distributors, researchers, and developers. If you are interested in security and Linux distributions don't forget to subscribe to this list.
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Mayank Sharma
Mayank Sharma Mayank Sharma is a contributing editor at SourceForge, Inc., and publishes mainly on SF's NewsForge and Linux.com. He also contributes a monthly column for Packt Publishing, and teaches courses on Open Source topics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, as guest lecturer. Mayank has contributed several articles to the developerWorks technical library.
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Description: The Linux security space gives a general overview of security issues related to Linux. Additionally it covers all aspects of securing a Linux distribution. It will also link to Linux security-related news and articles.
 

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Date created: 05 Apr 2007
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Detect insider threats with Linux auditing
Detect insider threats with Linux auditing According to the 2005 Computer Security Institute and Federal Bureau of Investigation Computer Crime and Security Survey, organizations reported that computer intrusions from inside sources accounted for nearly half of all incidents. You can secure your network perimeter with intrusion detection systems, firewalls, and virus scanners, but don't neglect to monitor authorized users. The Linux Audit daemon can help you detect violations of your security policies.
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Improve security with polyinstantiation
If you're concerned about protecting world-writeable shared directories such as /tmp or /...

Anatomy of Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
Linux has been described as one of the most secure operating systems available, but the Nation...

Get started with the Linux key retention service
The Linux key retention service introduced with Linux 2.6 is a great new way to handle authent...

Secure Linux containers cookbook
Lightweight containers, otherwise known as Virtual Private Servers (VPS) or Jails, are o...

Understanding and configuring PAM
The Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) API exposes a set of functions that applicatio...



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 Description: The Linux security space gives a general overview of security issues related to Linux. Additionally it covers all aspects of securing a Linux distribution. It will also link to Linux security-related news and articles.
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 Date created: 05 Apr 2007
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