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Red Hat gets hacked

Red Hat warned on Friday that a network attack compromised some servers last week that are involved with both its commercially supported and free versions of Linux. Read more »

OpenSSH gains ASCII visual fingerprints

The OpenBSD project has implemented the ability to view SSH keys as an ASCII visualisation in the latest version of the OpenSSH tool, which was released yesterday. Read more »

OpenBSD 4.3 released

An update to the popular Unix-like distribution includes new security features, drivers, software packages and bug fixes. Read more »

iPhone Trojan discovered in the wild

The first iPhone Trojan has been seen in the wild, according to security vendors. Read more »

OpenBSD founder makes funding plea

Developers at OpenBSD have admitted that the organisation is running at a loss, and they want to increase annual income to continue funding the development of the project's open-source operating system. Read more »

OpenBSD: Maintaining the quality mindset

Come October, Theo de Raadt will be joined by five fellow developers for an intense period of takeout food, hikes through the hills in his native Calgary, Canada, beers and long conversations about the future of OpenBSD, the open source operating system for which de Raadt is project head. Read more »

Sun accused of shading open source

A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response. Read more »

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Realise the flexibility of OpenSSH

OpenSSH is one of the most useful tools available. With it, you can access systems remotely and securely, transfer files securely, execute single commands on remote systems, secure normally insecure services, and much more. Read more »

Find and fix weak OpenSSL/OpenSSH keys: Debian-based Linux vulnerability

A recent vulnerability was found in the OpenSSL package as provided by Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that broke the effectiveness of the OpenSSL PRNG (Predictable Random Number Generator). Read more »

Log Linux services with runit

Each supervised service is controlled via a run script, similar to an init script for a system service. This run script does one thing: prepares for and starts a service. Read more »

Use OpenNTPD for time synchronisation

Traditionally, the time synchronisation application used on Linux systems has been ntpd (network time protocol daemon). However, for quite some time now, the developers behind OpenSSH have created a secure, lean, and easy to configure NTP daemon called OpenNTPD. Read more »

Specify who can log in via OpenSSH

The OpenSSH suite of tools, developed by the OpenBSD Project, includes popular programs that serve many uses. This popularity combined with ssh availability as both server and client on just about every OS makes it no wonder that ssh has been the target of common attacks. Read more »

Set up user accounts quickly and securely

When you need to set up a user account to give a user shell access to the system, the only logical choice of login tool is OpenSSH. With SSH keys, all you need from the user is his SSH public key, and all he needs from you is the IP address or hostname with which to log in. Usually, this is sufficient. Read more »

A look inside Google's open source kitchen

Google's Chris DiBona says the search giant has a lot of involvement in open source, but is also a firm believer in proprietary software. Read more »

Establish more effective security capabilities with OpenSSH

Longtime Linux admins know that SSH, the "Secure Shell" protocol, is one of the most handy and potentially critical utilities in their software toolbox. We'll show you how to get it up and running in no time. Read more »

Six steps to secure sensitive data in MySQL

If you're using MySQL, there are some easy things you can do to secure your systems and significantly reduce the risk of unauthorised access to your sensitive data. Read more »

Developer Spotlight: Martin Pool

Martin Pool is a Canberra-based software engineer who started work on the distcc distributed compiler. Builder AU recently caught up with Martin to talk about his work, SCO and open source software. Read more »

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The future remains yesterday

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Remember when MySQL was blazingly fast and cared little for SQL standards? When MySQL regarded a view as something nice from your window and a trigger was treated as a weaponry component? Those days are set to return with a MySQL fork called Drizzle. Read more »

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    Hands up if you missed the Chrome release -- didn't think anyone did. Google's browser arrived with all the fanfare and hype that only Google can produce. Read more »

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    Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform". Read more »

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