Authentication Services 4.2 includes several new security measures, including unlimited use of One Identity’s SaaS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) solution, as well as increased support for ...

unix-audit allows you to maintain a list of commands in markdown (.md) format, then generate audit scripts from those markdown pages. You can view the markdown database files here. Feel free to ...

As Unix admins, we’re probably all well schooled in the basics of security and the three-legged stool on which it rests (confidentiality, integrity and availability). Those same principles underly ...

The Linux server market is expected to grow by 35% from last year, according to research firm IDC. Many of these Linux systems are replacing Unix in corporations looking to reduce IT costs. However, ...

If you're new to the UNIX operating system, especially if you're familiar with Windows, you'll find that the file access control mechanisms might not be exactly what you expect. File permissions and ...

Abstract: Sufficiently large files encrypted with the UNIX™ system crypt command can be deciphered in a few hours by algebraic techniques and human interaction. We outline such a decryption method and ...

Everybody talks about computer security as if the term had a clear meaning, but it doesn't. So, to be clear, what I mean by it here is the maintenance of information integrity in a system - something ...

Sandra Henry-Stocker has been administering Unix systems for more than 30 years. She describes herself as "USL" (Unix as a second language) but remembers enough English to write books and buy ...

The theory that computers and networking are required for speedy data transmission is generally accepted as true in today’s technology-oriented world. Information flows quickly and, as such, time is a ...