Articles

Shared Protection  

The Malware Information Sharing Platform lets you record and document security incidents – and share the information with users on other networks.

Bug Hunting  

We look at various extension frameworks that make the life of developers and administrators easier when debugging a script.

Quantum Computing with D-Wave  

Quantum computing used to be an esoteric thought experiment for theoretical physicists, but now it is actually starting to happen. We spoke with Murray Thom of D-Wave, a company that is leading the way to this radical new vision.

Log Inspector  

Graylog security information and event management combines real-time monitoring and immediate notification of rule violations with long-term archiving for analysis and reporting.

Beautiful Code  

When PowerShell one-liners become full-blown scripts that have an effect throughout the enterprise, IT managers need to review their software development strategies. We look at PowerShell best practices for script design, notation, error handling, and documentation.

Analyze This!  

They say data is "the new oil," but all that data you collect is only valuable if it leads to new insights. An open source analysis tool called KNIME lets you analyze data through graphical workflows – without the need for programming or complex spreadsheet manipulation.

Black Hat, White Hat  

Discover indicators of compromise with open source pen testing tools.

Battle of Generations  

The Linux world has different implementations for integrating multiple network cards: kernel old-timer ifenslave and the younger libteam.

Connected Mesh  

The VyOS Linux distribution puts network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality together and presents a fully working dynamic multipoint VPN router as an alternative or addition to a Cisco DMVPN mesh.