Articles

On Guard  

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

Fun with FreeNAS  

FreeNAS offers a powerful array of features and is adaptable to a wide range of network-attached storage solutions. We look at integrating Windows Active Directory, taking snapshots, replicating, and backing up.

It's in the Blend  

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.

More Secure Email  

Encryption and server locations in Germany and Switzerland are sought-after attributes in the search for a more secure and reliable email service. We compare four providers who promise to protect your privacy.

Taking Precautions  

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.

Scripting Competition  

We compare the performance of batch, VBScript, and PowerShell commands with four standard tasks.

Critical Support  

Logging is of such importance in security monitoring and troubleshooting that easy access to the information buried in logfiles is essential. The Logwatch tool monitors logs and analyzes and reports on activities of interest as specified in configuration files.

Control Center  

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.

Safe Transport  

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.

Mr. Efficient  

The superior "Earliest Deadline First" task scheduling method has been part of Linux since kernel 3.14.