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 August 2006 • Volume 15 • Number 8
Features
System Security in Solaris 10: Privileges and Zones in Perspective — Part 1 • Peter Van der Weerd
Van der Weerd explains the use of privileges and zones in Solaris access control.
Web Server Vulnerability Assessments: Using NiktoRAT to Analyze Nikto Reports • Brian Reilly
Reilly demonstrates the usefulness of Nikto and NiktoRAT when conducting security assessments of Web servers and Web applications.
Three Free Tools to Detect and Prevent Spyware and Malware at the Network Perimeter • Matthew Jonkman
Jonkman covers some open source spyware control tools that can help increase your system’s security.
Tuning Snort • Richard Bejtlich
Bejtlich suggests ways to intelligently tune Snort to reduce the number of alerts it produces.
Extrusion Detection with Aanval and Bleeding Edge Snort • Russ McRee
McRee provides an introduction to Aanval, a freely available data management and analysis console designed specifically for Snort.
Open Source Build Management for Java Projects — Part 1 • Craig Caulfield
Caulfield describes best practices and tools for setting up a full-featured Java build environment.
System Call Tracing • Roy Butler
Butler shows how to use truss on Solaris and strace on Linux for system call tracing.
Columns
Processing User Input: Waiting for a Key Press • Ed Schaefer and John Spurgeon
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
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