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Behind the Doors of the Free Software Foundation
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:32:27 -0000
Linux.com: "The purpose of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is probably obvious from its name -- but what does promoting free software mean in terms of everyday activity?"
Dell Unveils New Vostros With Ubuntu
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:02:27 -0000
Tom's Hardware: "On Wednesday morning Dell announced two new entry-level Vostro laptops and two new entry-level desktops featuring a choice of Ubuntu or Windows Vista."
New Firefox Plug-In Double-Checks So-Called Unsafe Sites
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:32:27 -0000
LinuxInsider: "...the latest version of Firefox has made security a top priority, and it will alert the user if a site you're about to click on appears to be a hacker's hook."
Why is GNU Software Better Than Proprietary Software?
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:02:27 -0000
Complete Dose of Linux Poison: "Proprietary software is often looked down upon in the free software world for many reasons:"
Open Source: What You Should Learn From The French
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:32:27 -0000
InfoWorld: "A decade ago, European countries leapt out of the gate to take the lead in the radical open source movement -- none more so than France -- and left U.S. developers in the proverbial dust."
Linux Jumps to 13.4 Percent of the Stalling Server Market
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:02:27 -0000
The Open Road: "If Linux server vendors want to continue to grow, at some point they're going to have to come to grips with Windows, rather than eating into the low-hanging Unix fruit."

 

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Astaro Internet Security - Appliance-based special-purpose hardened Linux distribution with firewall, VPN, anti-virus functionality. Some functionality is available for free for home use, the rest is commercial.
Meta Description: [ Protect your network against spyware, hackers and virus threats. Astaro provides network assurance in one easy to manage solution. ]

Castle - Server distribution from ALT Linux Team. Improved security is achieved with the use of RSBAC, general privilege separation approaches, and certain pieces and ideas from Owl. A beta is available for testing and use.

Devil-Linux - Small CD-based distribution used for firewalls, routers. System configuration settings are stored on separate floppy disk. Descriptions, news, documents, downloads, links.
Meta Description: [ Devil-Linux is a small CD based distribution which is used for firewalls ]

EnGarde - Server distribution, goal: provide level of security needed to create corporate web presence or conduct business on Web. Security achieved via included software and using principle of least privilege; available for use.

HP Secure OS Software for Linux - Server platform using compartmentalization to contain processes to known part of filesystem and network; has system level auditing, supports remote configuration. Mostly closed source. Was commercial product, now discontinued, unsupported.

500 Immunix - Server platform, Red Hat based, hardened against several classes of attacks via using Immunix tool family which includes StackGuard compiler, FormatGuard, SubDomain. Available for use.
Meta Description: [ Novell AppArmor ]

Migrating to Astaro Security Linux - Fed up with costly, complex firewalls, e-gaming firm eBet Ltd., picks open source security; senior systems administrator knew he needed to upgrade from Check Point 4.0 perimeter firewall. [Linux Journal]

Owl - Openwall GNU/*/Linux is a server distribution; main means to security: proactive source code review, privilege separation; several other means also used. Available for use. English, French, German, Russian.

Project Plan-B - Bootable linux live CD-ROM for system and network security testing.
Meta Description: [ Project Plan-B is a bootable Linux Live CD designed for system and network administrators to evaluate the security of their infrastructure or to use as a research tool for Computer Forensics live scanning ]

Security Enhanced Linux - NSA research prototype made public, has modified kernel, several utilities; has enhanced security-related functions designed to show value of mandatory access controls and how such can be added to Linux; not a full OS distribution.
Meta Description: [ SELinux home page ]

Sentry Firewall CD - Linux-based bootable CD suitable for use as low cost, easy to maintain firewall or IDS node.
Meta Description: [ Sentry Firewall CD-ROM is a Linux-based bootable CDROM suitable for use as an inexpensive and easy to maintain firewall or IDS node. ]

Trustix - Server distribution; packages chosen based on their security record, safe defaults used. Available for use.
Meta Description: [ Trsutix Secure Linux, a secure, stable server based distribution with automated secure update system and the quickest security patch turnaround time available. ]