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Use encrypted folders with your custom live CD.
Make your desktop completely portable with a custom live CD.
Use old-school administration skills to benefit from modern tools on Ubuntu Server.
Securing Ubuntu is as straightforward as installing it.
The examples used here were not invented. This article is really, really scary.
Explore hidden secrets of the DNS hierarchy with a benign and systematic diagnostic and audit methodology using readily available tools.
Keep your passwords safe in an encrypted file.
Start on “the Path” to a more secure system.
Trolltech's Qtopia SXE takes a stab at making open-source phones more secure.
A break-in can happen to any system administrator. Find out how to use Autopsy and Sleuthkit to hit the ground running on your first forensics project.
Hack, analyze and learn from an intentionally insecure Web application.
The perfect NAC solution for both wired and wireless networks.
Stored procedures bring the legacy advantages and challenges to MySQL.
Single sign-on dictated by user roles with Perl and Ruby.
A real-world case where SELinux proved its worth.
Lock down access to SSH with Single Packet Authorization.
The powerful iptables is intuitive enough even for lazy geeks to write their own rules.
Five Linux security tools that could save your bahootie.
A new cryptographic filesystem in the Linux kernel uses stacking technology.
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From the Magazine

August 2008, #172

There's nuttin like a Cool Project to give you some relief from the summer heat, so get out your parka cuz we got a bunch of em. First up is the BUG, not a bug, The BUG. It's got a GPS, camera and more, in a hand-sized package that's user programmable. The BUG does everything. It's both a floor wax and a dessert topping. Get one now. Need a software version of a Swiss Army knife? Take a look at Billix, and don't leave home without it. Then, chew on this one, an X server on a Gumstix device driving an E-Ink display. Need more storage? How about 16 Terabytes? Can do.

And, of course, we have the usual cast of characters: Marcel, Reuven, Dave, Kyle, Doc, plus the new kid on the block Shawn Powers. But it doesn't stop there: build a MythTV box on a budget, build your own GIS system, set up the tools to monitor your enterprise and more. Finally, remember The War of the Worlds? Now you can play too.

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