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Ubuntu Founder Takes Aim at Red Hatview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Canonical has suffered more than a little flack over the years for what some critics call a lack of openness in Ubuntu development. But if one agrees with Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth, the truly closed platforms are Ubuntu’s competitors, especially Red Hat. At least, that’s what Shuttleworth had to say recently on his blog. (IT news)

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Computer privacy all but disappears for federal employeesview story

http://gamblis.com – Computer privacy all but disappears for federal personnel Government workers have lengthy identified their bosses can look more than their shoulder to monitor their computer activity. But now, prompted by the WikiLeaks scandal and concerns over unauthorized disclosures, the government is secretly capturing a far richer, … Read much more on Bend Bulletin (HowTos)

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[IPv6] Privacy Extensions enabled by defaultview story

https://bbs.archlinux.org – Since procps-ng 3.3.3-3, IPv6 Privacy Extensions are enabled by default:https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/30278This thread is for 2 purposes:1) Heads up to those using IPv6, this may break things (especially ACL's and firewall rules). (HowTos)

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Fullcircle Podcast Episode 30 Better Late Than Never.view story

http://fullcirclemagazine.org – Full Circle Podcast Episode 30 Better Late Than Never Your new hosts take over the helm, and hope to provide the same level of quality that you expect.   File Sizes: OGG 122Mb MP3 106Mb Runtime: 1hr 50mins Feeds for both MP3 and OGG: RSS feed, MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/category/podcast/feed RSS feed, OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/category/podcast/feed/atom The podcast is i (Distributions)

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Will a Hard Reset Unroot the Sidekick 4G?view story

http://forum.xda-developers.com – Now that I've got my apps chosen, I'm thinking about restoring factory settings and doing a clean install. The phone is successfully rooted. If I hard reset, will the phone remain rooted? As an aside: Settings/Privacy/Factory data reset vs. the power/volume down/clear storage deal? Are they both equally effective when working with the stock ROM? Thanks, Jake (HowTos)

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Setting the Path to Back Trackview story

http://www.backtrack-linux.org – Hi, I am new in this forum and I would like to use Back Track once I am ready. Since I am a newcomer in the Linux universe I am using Ubuntu and Debian right now because I think this will be an easier start rather than jumping immediately into the BT universe. I was always fascinated by IT security but did not explore this field since I thought that only people like programmers or those wi (HowTos)

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Eth0 has multiple ipv6 add.?view story

https://bbs.archlinux.org – frank419 wrote:Why do I have so many addressesIt's normal to have multiple IPv6 addresses, although not that many, and not duplicates.Are Privacy Extensions enabled on your machine perhaps? (HowTos)

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PAM module causes flurry of SSH sessionsview story

http://serverfault.com – While tailing /var/log/auth.log I noticed that there where multiple entries being entered (instantly) by the minute for user "foo". I personally had only one connection open as user "root_bar" while tailing the auth.log (log sample below). As you can see, there is no IP information for this incoming SSH connections. (HowTos)

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Google $22.5M FTC Penalty Draws Squawksview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will pay a $22.5 million civil penalty to settle U.S. government charges that it skirted the privacy settings of millions of users of Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) Safari browser, the largest fine ever levied by the U.S. (IT news)

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Tracing incoming SSH connectionsview story

http://serverfault.com – While tailing /var/log/auth.log I noticed that there where multiple entries being entered (instantly) by the minute for user "foo". I personally had only one connection open as user "root_bar" while tailing the auth.log (log sample below). As you can see, there is no IP information for this incoming SSH connections. (HowTos)