This article is about a tool used as a piece of equipment. For other uses see Tool (disambiguation).

A tool is a piece of equipment that (most commonly) provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task. The most basic tools are simple machines. For example, a crowbar simply functions as a lever. The further out from the pivot point, the more force is transmitted along the lever.

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Sockstress: A New and Effective DoS Attack
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:33:17 -0000
TechRepublic: "Security researchers Jack C. Louis and Robert E. Lee of Outpost 24 stumbled onto a relatively simple way to implement a Denial of Service (DoS) attack that does not require massive syn floods. The researchers aren't releasing many details about the attack except for those provided in a very interesting interview..."
Linux Turns 17
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:03:17 -0000
Linux Journal: "Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and just dying to cut your teeth on a OS you can try to modify for your needs? Are you finding it frustrating when everything works on minix? No more all-nighters to get a nifty program working? Then this post might be just for you :-)"
Using Zivios Identity Management
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:33:17 -0000
HowtoForge: "Zivios is an open source web based identity management application featuring single sign on, certificate authority, user, group and computer provisioning with remote management of services."
Microsoft Treating "Windows-Only" As Open Source
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:33:17 -0000
Slashdot: ""The Register is reporting that Microsoft is hosting Windows-only projects on its 'open source project hosting site,' CodePlex. Miguel de Icaza caught and criticized Microsoft for doing this..."
Alfresco's John Newton Gives His View of the Cloud
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:33:17 -0000
Tech Treasures: "There are security risks and data ownership issues that you have to take into consideration. To get another point of view on the matter, I talked to John Newton, who is the Chairman and CTO at open source content management Alfresco..."
5 Things I Wish Linux Had
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:33:17 -0000
Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "I'm a fairly prominent member of the Linux Community as a writer, contributor, and longtime evangelist for the cause and there are a few things I'd like the Community-at-Large to consider on my behalf. These are five things that I wish Linux had."

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