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Hi-Fi: Collecting High-Fidelity Whole-System Provenance

August 16, 2012 12:00am PDT

Data provenance - a record of the origin and evolution of data in a system - is a useful tool for forensic analysis. However, existing provenance collection mechanisms fail to achieve sufficient...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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Run Linux VMs on Google Cloud Platform's Compute Engine

August 15, 2012 8:38am PDT

Ian Hardenburgh introduces the Google Compute Engine, which allows you to run Linux VMs, similar to Amazon's EC2 hosted virtual machines. What does this offering mean to Google's overall cloud...

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Quick introduction to SUID: What you need to know

August 15, 2012 7:00am PDT

Marco Fioretti explains the suid access right -- why you should understand what it is, why it can be dangerous, and workarounds if you have to use it.

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Discussion Threads

Does Windows 8 help set the stage for mainstream Linux desktops?

August 13, 2012 9:12am PDT

Does Windows 8 help set the stage for mainstream Linux desktops? article root IMHO Windows is telling the majority of the older users to go away as those users tend to want to stay with something...

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Does Windows 8 help set the stage for mainstream Linux desktops?

August 13, 2012 8:22am PDT

Windows 8 will release soon and this could be the perfect storm the Linux desktop has needed. Couple that with a few missteps by Microsoft and Linux is looking at a big and bright future. Do you...

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On Benchmarking Embedded Linux Flash File Systems

August 13, 2012 12:00am PDT

Due to its attractive characteristics in terms of performance, weight and power consumption, NAND ash memory became the main Non Volatile Memory (NVM) in embedded systems. Those NVMs also present...

Provided by: Université du Sud - Toulon - Var

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10 things I've learned from working in IT

August 12, 2012 5:15am PDT

When you've been in IT for awhile, you pick up all sorts of random knowledge. Jack Wallen shares a few highlights from almost 20 years in the field.

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Really small in the age of big: 50 MB Linux OS gets a refresh

August 10, 2012 3:51pm PDT

Really small in the age of big: 50 MB Linux OS gets a refresh article root Very useful I've used DSL a lot of times over the years. It was great back in the day when something left a partition...

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Really small in the age of big: 50 MB Linux OS gets a refresh

August 9, 2012 1:29pm PDT

A super lightweight Linux distribution that checks in at just 50 MB might give old hardware new life. Check out the new update of Damn Small Linux.

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Installing Arch Linux: past and present

August 8, 2012 2:10pm PDT

Installing Arch Linux: past and present article root You cannot be serious. I've checked, it's not 1st April it's also not the 1990's. As an avid Linux user (Debian) I'm amazed that anything...

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mac,linux vs window

August 8, 2012 6:05am PDT

mac,linux vs window how can linux ,mac interract with window With a network cable.... Interact in what way, file shares? AD integration? Details would be good Dropbox moves between all three...

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Moving to Arch Linux from Fedora

August 8, 2012 4:25am PDT

Moving to Arch Linux from Fedora article root Welcome to Arch! I have tried a bunch of distros, but not a single one has come close to replacing Arch, after installing it 3 years ago. A 3 years...

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Performance Evaluation and Analysis of Bundle Protocol in Cislunar Communications

August 8, 2012 12:00am PDT

The Bundle Protocol (BP) is developed to solve the new problems in deep space exploration. To date, little work has been done in evaluating the performance of BP applied to an interplanetary...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers

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Five reasons to simplify your security

August 8, 2012 12:00am PDT

This brief speaks about how today's threats to endpoints and data are more complex, more numerous, more varied--and changing every second. It also highlights the need for a new solution to do more...

Provided by: McAfee

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Installing Arch Linux: past and present

August 7, 2012 4:31pm PDT

Installing Arch Linux is not a task for novice users.

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Moving to Arch Linux from Fedora

August 7, 2012 4:29pm PDT

Chris Duckett details his move from Fedora to Arch Linux and learns that testing in a virtual machine is one thing, actually committing to change is another.

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Watch Curiosity rover land on Mars without Flash

August 5, 2012 6:07pm PDT

Those clever folks at NASA are providing more than one way to skin the Curiosity viewing cat.

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How to find IP addresses and use them in Linux

August 1, 2012 8:22am PDT

How to find IP addresses and use them in Linux article root FYI To all who are interested in this sort of thing, Google now does this. Simply type "what is my ip" into the search and see what...

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QoS in GNU/Linux: Its Application on Free Internet Infrastructure

August 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

With the advent of VoIP transport and videoconferencing/telepresence equipment at relative low costs, companies started to use a single provider for data, telephony and video, thus causing three...

Provided by: University of New Haven

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Network Security Using IP Firewalls

August 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Network Security concerns with concept of designing a secured network is the most important task in any enterprise or organization development. Securing a network mainly involves applying policies...

Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering (IJARCSSE)