This is a collection of hints and tips, how to's, and articles covering IT security issues I have come across.

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Configuring a basic firewall under Ubuntu 14.04

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This article provides a quick reference to UFW commands that will create iptables firewall rules are useful in common, everyday scenarios.

Using AIDE to ensure Linux server integrity

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AIDE provides an additional layer to your server security not by keeping intruders out but by notifying you as the sysadmin of a possible intrusion.

Enabling the Solaris Auditing subsystem

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To configure the Solaris Auditing subsystem on Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 we simply run the bsmconv command-line utility from the /etc/security directory

Enforcing password complexity on Solaris

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Solaris 10 is the first version of Solaris to provide a complex set of variables for controlling password strength.

Solaris Secure by Default

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This project changes the default configuration of the Solaris OS such that ssh is the only network-listening service.

Solaris Security Toolkit (JASS)

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The Solaris Security Toolkit simplifies and automates the process of securing Solaris OS systems and is based on proven security best practices/

Solaris Auditing

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Solaris auditing helps to detect potential security breaches by revealing suspicious or abnormal patterns of system usage.

Cryptographic Services Management on Solaris

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The Solaris Cryptographic Framework provides cryptographic services to users and applications through user-level and kernel-level commands.