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Setting up an https server in Apache is easy. This tutorial covers how to create and sign your ssl certificate as well as how to configure the web server.
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January 2009, #177
It's a battle as old as time: good vs. evil. Fortunately, Linux and FOSS are on our side as we wage the battle against those who try to steal our secrets and invade our systems.
Checking your system's security is best done sooner rather than later. Test the locks with our article on security verification; find out how to use PAM to help secure your systems; use MinorFS and AppArmor to implement discretionary access control; learn more about Samba security in part III of our series; use Darknet to help detect bots and secure your systems; use the Yubikey to increase your site's security; and don't forget to lock the doors, because a cold boot attack could render your security useless if somebody has physical access to your computer.
But, we're not just about sowing the seeds of fear. We also show you how to use memcached in Rails, how to manage multiple servers efficiently, how to deploy applications easily with Capistrano, how to manage your videos with MythVideo, how to mix it up a bit (your audio that is), and even play a few games.
The package manager is still a factor
On June 5th, 2008 Micah Elliott (not verified) says:
I agree with the points in this post completely. But on the other side, it is still *a little bit* about the distro. I think that sysadmins grow affections for their package manager. I choose Ubuntu because of apt-get. So I'd probably not hesitate to start using any other *buntu, or even debian. I haven't used Yum much, so now I'm mostly avoiding Fedora. I avoid SUSE like the plague for several reasons, but the main one being YaST. To just sit down at a machine I have to immediately run my apt-get meme. When it's a non-deb, I've already hit a hurdle.
So in addition to having a "most-blessed" desktop manager, it would also be nice to see more in the way of converging the package managers, or at least the package names.