Preventing security breaches with ExecShield

ExecShield is designed to prevent security breaches caused by software programs written to crawl through the Internet looking for systems with common vulnerabilities such as worms and viruses. It is enabled in the kernel and

How to configure CVS server in Red Hat Linux

From wiki CVS (Concurrent Versions System)uses a client–server architecture: a server stores the current version(s) of a project and its history, and clients connect to the server in order to "check out" a complete copy

How to get a list of open ports in Linux?

So you have set up a very secured server but still don't you want to cross check if the machine is really secured and your server has not been compromised by anyone. If is always

Understanding Special Permission SGID in Linux

In my earlier posts I had explained about other Special Permission used in Linux i.e. SUID and STICKY BIT   So let me help you understand SGID and its usage with some practical examples. SGID: