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Featuring 16 papers as of May 17, 2008
UNIX System Management and Security: Differences between Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX
Haral Tsitsivas
August 3, 2007
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Securing Webmin with Tcp Wrappers and SSH Port Forwarding – A Practical and Economical Approach
Howard Dulberg
May 5, 2005
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Unix and Sarbanes-Oxley: a management and auditors guide
Micho Schumann
May 5, 2005
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Building a Secured OS for a Root Certificate Authority
Don Murdoch
February 26, 2004
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Defense In-Depth on a Solaris 2.X System: A Resource Guide
Mark Strong
October 31, 2003
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Securing HP-UX Services
Fernando Espinoza Salas
October 31, 2003
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Securing IRIX 6.5
John C. Haprian
October 31, 2003
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Trinux - A Digital Tool Belt
Brad Showalter
October 31, 2003
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X Windows Security: How to Protect your Display
Arturo Guillen
October 31, 2003
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PAM - It's NOT The Non-Stick Cooking Spray
Susanne Ramsey
October 31, 2003
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IBM's Cluster 1600 Security Aspects
John P. Belliveau
October 31, 2003
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A Solaris Backup Script How-To
Stanley J. Hearn
October 31, 2003
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Centralized UNIX System Monitoring Using SSH and MRTG
Aaron J. Wilson
October 31, 2003
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Setting Up and Securing a Small Network with OpenBSD
Blair Heiserman
October 31, 2003
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Securing Solaris
Angela Orebaugh
October 31, 2003
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Securing Remote Access on AIX 4.3.3 using OpenSSH
Dave Randell
February 5, 2003
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