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Tripwire Launches Remediation Manager to Automate Compliance and Ensure Total Control

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PORTLAND, OR–(Marketwire – 07/26/10) – Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of IT security and compliance automation solutions, today announced availability of the latest version of its industry leading configuration control and file integrity monitoring solution. Tripwire Enterprise 8.0 features the addition of Remediation Manager, a major new capability that automatically repairs … (read here…) Related...
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Dell Drops Ubuntu PCs From Its Website

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Barence writes “Dell has stopped selling consumer PCs preloaded with Ubuntu from its website, and doesn’t know when they’re coming back. A search for Ubuntu on the Dell UK website returns only one laptop — the Dell Latitude 2100 from the company’s business range. Dell insists that it’s continuing to sell Ubuntu systems, but...
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Open Source OCR That Makes Searchable PDFs

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An anonymous reader writes “In my job all of our multifunction copiers scan to PDF but many of our users want and expect those PDFs to be text searchable. I looked around for software that would create text searchable pdfs but most are very expensive and I couldn’t find any that were open source...
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Damn Vulnerable Linux — Most Vulnerable Linux Ever

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An anonymous reader writes “Usually, when installing a new operating system, the hope is that it’s as up-to-date as possible. After installation there’s bound to be a few updates required, but no more than a few megabytes. Damn Vulnerable Linux is different; it’s shipped in as vulnerable a state as possible. As the DVL...
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Introduction to Puppet: Streamlined System Configuration

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Linux.com: “If you have one Linux system to administer, you need a good working knowledge of scripting, command line utilities, and a trusty text editor. If you have two or more, it may be time to add Puppet to that list.” (read on…) Related items Manual LVM configuration on Fedora 13 Your own OEM configuration: YaST Firstboot Server security...
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Log Management Software is offered as appliance-based solution.

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Novell® Sentinel(TM) Log Manager is scalable tool that offers distributed search capabilities that enable users to search events from several on- or off-premise servers. Powered by SUSE Linux Enterprise v11, it includes hundreds of preconfigured templates for generating compliance attestation reports. Real-time monitoring and remediation of network events allow users to correlate identities … (read...
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Disk Encryption on Sabayon 5.3

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LinuxBSDos: “So how easy is it to configure full disk encryption on Sabayon 5.3? Very, very easy. Just follow the directions outlined below.” (to be continued…) Related items Log Management Software is offered as appliance-based solution. Red Hat Linux optimised for Intel and AMD server chips Red Hat Linux optimised for Intel and AMD server chips (TechWorld) Red Hat focuses...
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Visual Network Simulator To Teach Basic Networking?

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unteer writes “I am a US Peace Corps volunteer currently teaching a computer technician course at a technical college in Kenya. My students have all completed the Kenyan equivalent of high school and have been accepted into a program where they give a year of nation-building non-military service in return for a technical education....
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Manual LVM configuration on Fedora 13

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LinuxBSDos: “Fedora 13 is one of the Linux distributions that supports and uses Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) as the default disk partitioning scheme.” (read here…) Related items Distrowatch: First look at Fedora 12 (OSNews) Hulu Goes Linux (OSNews) Introduction to Puppet: Streamlined System Configuration Your own OEM configuration: YaST Firstboot Server security information: (PNN)
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How to Configure an Ubuntu Linux Computer for Less Than $200

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PC World: “Does your family need an extra PC? Educator, Mac expert, and Linux enthusiast Phil Shapiro explains in this YouTube video how, for less than the price of some operating systems, you can configure a useful, virus-free computer…” (more here…) Related items Configure an Ubuntu Linux Computer for Less Than $200 Ubuntu’s default search engine to change...
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