LCA 2009: Making Linux more secure

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 16, 2009 12:33 PM EDT
iTWire; By Sam Varghese
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Russell Coker is not a man who sleeps with his computers. But he does come pretty close - two servers are positioned in a little cabinet in his bedroom, one being his server and the other his Security Enhanced Linux "play machine." The play machine is open to anyone to log in and try to break the security. The root password is out in public - this is one of the many ways in which he engages with the wider FOSS community and a way by which he tried to improve what has become the project to which he devotes a considerable amount of time.

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