Features

• Implementing Encrypted Home Directories  by Mike Petullo
  Keep your files safely encrypted when you're logged out, and automatically get access when you log in.
  
• Take Control of TCPA  by David Safford, Jeff Kravitz and Leendert van Doorn
  The free code behind IBM's new security chip. Menace or protector?
  
• The Power of the Incredible Hulk—The ILM Linux Death Star  by Robin Rowe
  This fully operational battle station is a 750-node Linux cluster running a custom batch scheduling program.
  
• Root for All on the SE Linux Play Machine  by Russell Coker
  Set visitors loose as root and see what they break—can SE Linux alone keep the system safe?
  

Indepth

• Eleven SSH Tricks  by Daniel R. Allen
  You know it's the secure way to connect to your server. But OpenSSH is fast and convenient too.
  
• VTun  by Ryan Breen
  Need to make a secure connection from home? Set up a simple virtual private network?
  
• 2003 Editors' Choice Awards  
  With all the great Linux stuff introduced in the past year, these are some of the hardest decisions we've ever made.
  

Embedded

• Driving Me Nuts Device Classes  by Greg Kroah-Hartman
  

Toolbox

• Kernel Korner   NSA Security Enhanced Linux  by Faye Coker
  
• At the Forge   CMF Types  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Cooking with Linux   Illuminating Your Network's Darkest Corners  by Marcel Gagné
  
• Paranoid Penguin   Authenticate with LDAP  by Mick Bauer
  

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• Linux for Suits   Practical Penguin Progress  by Doc Searls
  
• EOF   Consider Accessibility  by Janina Sajka
  

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• Red Hat 9  by Marco Fioretti
  

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• From the Editor   : Security: Yes, It's Part of Your Job  
  
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