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Transport Encryption with DANE and DNSSEC

Those who think that enabling STARTTLS in the mail client will make their mail traffic more secure are wrong. Only those who bank on DANE can be sure that a mail server or a firewall will not switch off encryption in transit.
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Zentyal Server 3.5

Some users may struggle when setting up various services, such as web servers, email servers, firewalls, and the like. Zentyal simplifies configuration of all those things, thanks to its intuitive user interface.
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Optimizing utilization with the EDF scheduler

The superior "Earliest Deadline First" task scheduling method has been part of Linux since kernel 3.14.
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TCP Stealth hides open ports

Port scans for finding vulnerable services are nothing new, and port knocking as a defense has been around for a while, too. TCP Stealth tries to do something similar, but it takes a more sophisticated approach. We take a closer look.
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Lead Image © Ivan Mikhaylov, 123RF.com

Blending Java with other programming languages

Java is not just about beans, it's also about the huge variety of libraries and frameworks that keep the language alive. If you feel like a bit of blending, Java integrates many flavors of third-party languages.
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Retrieving Windows performance data in PowerShell

The software market offers numerous solutions for tracking the status of Windows computers. However, if you only need to monitor individual computers outside the domain, you can use PowerShell to collect basic health and performance data.
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Lead Image © Vlad Kochelaevskiy, Fotolia.com

Scalable mail storage with Dovecot and Amazon S3

Admins can solve typical mail server scalability problems with Dovecot’s Amazon S3 plugin and the Ceph distributed object store.
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Monitor your network infrastructure with SNMP

If you don't have the staff to monitor your network in real time, SNMP and a couple of scripts are all it takes to keep track of your device jungle.
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Lead Image © Volodymyr Krasyuk, 123RF.com

iSCSI: Set up and use LIO targets

The LIO multiple-protocol SCSI target is perfectly suited for complex test environments, especially because of its support for SCSI standards across the board.
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Look for file changes and kick off actions with Watchman

Watchman watches files and directories for changes and triggers actions when specific changes are noted.
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