 September 2004 • Volume 13 • Number 9
Features
Using the BSD Secure Levels LSM • Michael A. Halcrow
Halcrow shows how to implement the BSD Secure Levels LSM (Linux Security Module) and increase your systems’ security resilience in the event of a root compromise.
Real-World Uses for OpenSSL • Ryan Matteson
Matteson introduces the OpenSSL command-line utility and provides several examples of how OpenSSL can be used to secure data,
manage digital certificates, and debug SSL communications.
DNS Security Protocols I: Dynamic Updates • Kerry Thompson
This article is the first of two in which Thompson will be looking at the use of cryptographic methods to secure DNS. In this article, he covers secure dynamic updates and zone transfers using TSIG keys.
System Inventory Using LDAP • Kaijun Zhan
In this article, Zhan proposes a method to standardize system inventory using LDAP as an underlying transmit protocol and data repository.
Using LSD to Sync a Solaris Environment •
Justin Buhler
Buhler shows how his team used the versatility of an LDAP directory, vendor’s standard packaging, and a little Perl to achieve centralized and secure software distribution.
Linux ACLs • Nicholas Kirsch
Kirsch explains how and why to use Linux ACLs.
PHP and XML • Russell J.T. Dyer
Dyer shows how to use PHP to extract data from an XML source.
UNIX and Microsoft Single Sign-On • Simon Biles
Biles describes how to use Kerberos to implement a single sign-on solution for Unix and Microsoft.
Columns
Strictly Speaking about “use strict” • Randal L. Schwartz
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
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