Vincent Centeio Linux Adminstration Research Assignment 2.1 Security Enhanced Linux is an extension that is designed to enforce strict access controls that confine processes to the minimum amount of privilege that they require. It was release late in 2000 by the US National Security Agency (NSA)‚ SELinux was created to help such organizations that need heavy security like NAI labs‚ Secure computing Corporation‚ and MITRE Corporation. Security experts use a number of models to describe security
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separate box connected between your computer and the Internet ("hardware or firmware firewall"). How good is Windows’ firewall? Microsoft provided a very simple firewall with Windows 2000 which was then significantly improved with Windows XP Service Pack 2. This version can provide good protection from incoming attacks but cannot be relied upon to control outgoing traffic. Older versions of Windows (95‚ 98‚ ME‚ NT) have no firewall. How can I test my firewall? To test your firewall’s ability to protect
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bugs to be worked out of the program so that the final version requires little if any patching. When Microsoft released Windows ME‚ they took a different approach. They released for sale what most companies would have considered the alpha version of Windows ME‚ which resulted in numerous technical difficulties and complaints‚ which they took and worked the fixes into Windows XP‚ which was released in its beta version. In this way‚ Microsoft saved the cost of alpha and beta testing‚ beat the competition
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Memory Management The memory management is one of the core components of an operating system which manages the memory hierarchy of Random Access Memory (RAM)‚ and hard disks. The important tasks of the operating systems in managing the memory include: the allocation and de-allocation of memory to the processes‚ the utilization of the hard disk for implementation of the Virtual Memory. The operating system should effectively use the memory component as it directly impacts the overall efficiency
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displays current runlevel -any directories you do not create file systems for automatically become part of the root (/) filesystem. Linux temporarily stores programs and data on a swap partition when it doesn’t have enough RAM to hold all the information it is processing. you can use mkswap to make space and swapon to enable it. -Fedora supports i386/i686‚ x86_64‚ and Mac Powerpc -ls list the contents of a directory‚ ls –l gives a detailed list‚ ls –a shows hidden files -cd changes a directory‚ su
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Bibliography: Cole. G (2004)‚ Management Theory and Practice‚ 6th ed‚ Vale‚ Guernsey‚ Channel Island‚ D.P Publications Don O ’Sullivan and J R. J. Blomme (2012)‚ Centre for Leadership and Management Development‚ Emerald group‚ The Netherlands. Vol. 3‚ No. 5. Robbins et al.‚ (2011)‚ Organisational Behaviour‚ 3rd ed‚ London‚ Prentice Hall. S.L. Alter (2009) Harvard
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3.1 Installing the Operating System and Applications To install Linux‚ you follow a simple‚ step-by-step procedure that has three main phases: Installing the operating system kernel and base system Configuring the new Linux system Installing applications WARNING: Although the Linux installation procedure is generally troublefree‚ errors or malfunctions that occur during the installation of an operating system can result in loss of data. You should not begin the installation procedure
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Haley Spencer Professor Flood English 101 20 October 2014 Big Mac with a Side of Apples and a Diet Coke For decades the fast-food industry has supplied Americans with tasty‚ comforting food‚ quickly and for a low cost. It was not until recently‚ when the health craze first hit America in the late 1980’s that corporations developed a new approach to marketing health food products to fit their customer’s wants. Fast Food companies trick their costumers into believing the fast-food is healthier by fancy
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The Security Behind Mac OSX: Why Apple‚ Inc Doesn’t Worry About Viruses Matthew Long As many have heard‚ Macintosh Computers‚ and more in general Apple Inc.‚ is beginning to really take flight in consumer households. The overwhelming numbers of available viruses to Windows computers‚ phones‚ and Android devices surpasses the millions. In fact‚ in April of 2012‚ Symantec released a report noting its latest Virus definitions file that contained 17‚702‚868 separate
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PCs vs. Macs Marketing Research Report December 8‚ 2011 _________________________ Whit Chapman‚ Emily Choi‚ and Candice Harden Table of Contents: Executive Summary…………………………………………………….Page 2 Research Motivations…………………………………………………..Page 4 Secondary Research……………………………………………………Page 4 Focus Group Analysis…………………………………………………..Page 4 Survey Analysis……………………………………………………….…Page 7 Works Cited ………………………………………………….…………..Page 10 Appendix ………………………………………………….……………...Page 11 Executive
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