Linux Security Features The security features that UNIX-like systems such as Linux rely on are making these systems clearly superior to the rest of OSson the market. These features encompass root account security measurements‚ enhanced file accessing options‚ advanced data verification‚ storage encryptions and the list is not an exhaustive on. You can choose to watch now a surf shop be launched over the internet and expect for your Linux OS to better cope with the new website‚ rather than a Windows
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Cruz Window 7 vulnerabilities Local Security Authority Subsystem Service There is a recently discovered vulnerability in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service which can cause a denial of service attack if a hacker sends a packet containing malicious files during NTLM authentication. NTLM protocol refers to the Windows NT LAN Manager which is used to authenticate logons to PCs that are connected to the network. The security update provided by Microsoft includes updates for Windows XP‚ Windows
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RAID 1 (disk mirroring) needs two disks to be implemented.Before you can enable RAID 1 using Windows Server 2008‚ you need to convert basicdisks to dynamic disks‚ which converts the partitions into volumes. Answers A and Bare incorrect because write catching improves disk performance but does not helpimplement RAID 1. Answer D is incorrect because to implement RAID 1 usingWindows Server 2008‚ you must use dynamic disks. 2. Answer B is correct. RAID 1‚ disk mirroring‚ uses two disks
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Network Vulnerabilities & Solutions Sec/280 January 19‚ 2013 This is my report on why I believe that it is important to protect our Windows and Unix/Linux servers from known vulnerabilities. As I am sure you know‚ there are many different types of attacks on servers/network systems today. Throughout this report‚ I will illustrate a few of the more recently known/discovered vulnerabilities on both the Windows and Unix/Linus servers. First‚ I will start with a
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Telephone & Telegraph Company withdrew from a time sharing system collaboration project called Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) the reluctant attitude of a corporation gave birth to what Thompson saw as an emasculated version of Multics and dubbed it “Un-multiplexed Information and Computing Service or Unics. Later that morphed into what is known today and what some consider as one of the best computer operating systems called UNIX. As years pass‚ UNIX is a widely used and influential
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The History of Linux began in 1991 with the commencement of a personal project by a Finnish student‚ Linus Torvalds‚ to create a new operating system kernel. Since then the resulting Linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history. Since the initial release of its source code in 1991‚ it has grown from a small number of C files under a license prohibiting commercial distribution to its state in 2009 of over 370 megabytes of source under the GNU General Public License. Events
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Linux vs Mac vs Windows File and Process Management POS/355 March 9‚ 2014 Linux vs Mac vs Window Process & File Management Process Management One of the key functions of an operating system is the process management. Linux OS system is very dynamic with constantly changing computing needs. These needs tend to be centered on the process. Processes can be either long or short lived‚ so managing these processes is very important. Linux incorporates a very flexible design which contains
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Week 1 : Windows Server Environment - Quiz Top of Form 1. (TCO 1) _____ enables the server administrator to manage critical configuration features from inside one tool. (Points : 5) Server Core PowerShell SMP Server Manager 2. (TCO 1) Windows _____ is a command-line interface that offers a shell. (Points : 5) IIS Server Core PowerShell Server Manager 3. (TCO 1) If you are upgrading a computer that has been used for a different operating system‚ such as one currently
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Linux - The shell ------------------------------------------------- Introduction to the shell The command interpreter is the interface between the user and the operating system‚ hence the name "shell". The shell therefore acts as an intermediary between the operating system and the user thanks to command lines that are entered by the latter. Its role consists in reading the command line‚ interpreting its meaning‚ carry out the command‚ and then return the result via the outputs. The shell
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To resolve the issue of the window of vulnerability (WoV)‚ we would need to get the patch from Microsoft. According to Microsoft‚ it will take up to 3 days for the patch to be available. Then‚ we would need additional time to download and test the patch to make sure that this is what is needed to fix the security breach on the SMB server. After doing the testing‚ the IT department would need time to install the patch onto the servers and deploy to the client computers. This will take 2 days to do
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