Hardened File Backup Routine

One overlooked aspect of data security is availability. If one cannot guarantee the ability to access information, particularly following data damage or loss, one does not have security.
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Hardened Application Firewall

Network firewalls for the Linuxes have historically been application-blind. Which is a point of shame for a platform prided on security and privacy, especially considering that proprietary competitor Windows has had per-program discriminating firewalling so much sooner.
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New Year, New Security Measures: DNSSEC Deployed

While the internet has been taking well to IPv6 deployment, the same cannot be said for the domain name system’s authenticity mechanism, DNSSEC.
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