 February 2006 • Volume 15 • Number 2
Features
File Integrity Assessment via SSH • Hal Pomeranz
File integrity assessment (FIA) tools are commonly deployed in organizations to help assist forensic investigation after a security incident. Pomeranz describes a technique to protect FIA databases themselves from attackers.
Securing Web Consoles with Apache • Michael Heironimus
Heironimus describes how the Apache Web server can be used to augment the security of Web consoles.
Open Source Network Security Active Response: A Survey • Travis Howard
Howard discusses various open source network security tools that perform "active response" to security events.
Keeping FreeBSD Up to Date • Richard Bejtlich
For many years FreeBSD users have relied on a standard set of tools to update the FreeBSD operating systems and its applications. Bejtlich introduces somewhat newer methods to significantly simplify and improve the process.
Unison: A File Synchronization Tool • Mihalis Tsoukalos
Tsoukalos describes the setup and use of Unison, an open source file synchronization tool for both text and binary files.
Managing Root's Email • Mike Donovan
Donovan shows how to set up a shareable, self-maintaining repository to manage email and log reports.
Extending Your Admin Reach with Cellmate • John Ouellette
Ouellette describes Cellmate, which extends the reach of systems administrators by enabling them to control a Unix machine using a cell phone.
Getting to Know Your Network — Part I • Luis Enrique Muñoz
In this first in a series of networking articles, Muñoz shows how to build a tool for gathering network information with a few open source tools and a bit of Perl.
Columns
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
The Best File System in the World? Part 1 • Peter Baer Galvin
Implementing Standard Login Scripts • Ed Schaefer and John Spurgeon
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