This issue

includes the Fedora Security Lab CD

with more than 80 Tools for security auditing. Based upon the latest Fedora release the Security Labs works on 32 and 64 bit machines.

Table of Contents:

Features
Backup Solutions - We give you the lowdown on almost 100 features of seven professional backup solutions.
MS SQL Server - Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is out, and it’s better than ever.
Cloud Platforms - Take your head out of the clouds and get the real scoop on cloud platforms.

Tools
Proxmox Virtual Appliance - Manage OpenVZ and KVM virtual servers simultaneously with Proxmox.
Database Tuning with Maatkit - Extend your DBMS with the Maatkit suite of command-line utilities.
UltraVNC - Cross-platform remote access gets fast and easy with this open source riff on the VNC protocol.
Small Business Server 2008 - We guide you through the maze of service packs and updates to show you how to keep SBS 2008 up to date and secure.
Igel Thin Clients - Go green, go thin, and simplify, simplify.

Virtualization
Nagios and Icinga Monitoring - A few simple monitoring tools will show you what’s going on in your virtual environment.
KVM - KVM and Qemu take advantage of advanced processor technology for fast, efficient virtual machines.
Hyper-V - Microsoft's Hyper-V delivers enterprise-level virtualization solutions.
XenServer - Citrix XenServer Free can put you on the road to server virtualization. Paid versions deliver additional features.
Fail-Safe VMware ESX - Avoid single points of failure at switches and create fail-safe VMware ESX server farms.

Management
Desktop Authority - Remote management, inventory capabilities, port security, and password self-service are a few of the management features in Desktop Authority.
Reporting Tools Roundup - We take a close look at five reporting tools you can use to analyze data and present it to the decision makers in your organization.
Portable scripting - No matter which shell interpreter you choose, we show you how to create portable scripts that work in a heterogeneous environment of Unix and Linux installations.

Nuts and Bolts
Parallel CPython - Improve the performance of your Python programs with run-time parallel processing on multicore machines.
SSSD - Securely connect mobile users to your servers with the System Security Services Daemon.
Cross-Platform Shell - Create portable scripts that work across the various derivatives of Unix and Linux.
Data Entry Shell Masks - Get your data in fast with data entry masks in shell scripts.