ServerWatch Staff, Author at ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/author/serverwatch-staff/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:15:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 IBM Releases WebSphere 6 Sneak Peek https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/ibm-releases-websphere-6-sneak-peek/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/ibm-releases-websphere-6-sneak-peek/ IBM Thursday announced it will give developers a glimpse of the latest code in the next version of WebSphere. More than two years have passed since the release of its current application server and development platform, WebSphere 5. IBM announced Thursday it will give developers a first glimpse of the latest code in its WebSphere […]

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]]> Gartner: Linux Process, Not Tech, Named Biggest Hurdle https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/gartner-linux-process-not-tech-named-biggest-hurdle/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/gartner-linux-process-not-tech-named-biggest-hurdle/ Neither SCO Group’s copyright claims on select Linux code nor Microsoft will be able to slow the spread of Linux in the enterprise in the next two years, an analyst for Gartner Research said. Gartner research’s George Weiss lists some process-based issues that could be a drag on the Linux growth equation. The biggest hurdles […]

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]]> Turn Proxy on and Off With a Single click in Firefox https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/turn-proxy-on-and-off-with-a-single-click-in-firefox/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/turn-proxy-on-and-off-with-a-single-click-in-firefox/ Desgined for the FireFox browser, Quickproxy is an addon that basically shows an On/Off button in FireFox’s status bar, whenever you need to switch on proxy mode just click on the button and when done with the internet just turn it off (green=on red=off).

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]]> ISA Server Gets Patch Tuesday Refresh https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/isa-server-gets-patch-tuesday-refresh/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/isa-server-gets-patch-tuesday-refresh/ Three Microsoft patches were rated as critical this week, including one for ISA server.

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]]> Red Hat to Join S&P 500 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/red-hat-to-join-sp-500/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/red-hat-to-join-sp-500/ Ten years after its IPO, Red Hat will be joining the S&P 500 at the close of trading on Friday, replacing lender CIT Group in the 500th slot in the index. Is this the final milestone of Linux’s maturity?

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]]> Microsoft Lawsuit Aims to Block Spam Over IM https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/microsoft-lawsuit-aims-to-block-spam-over-im/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/microsoft-lawsuit-aims-to-block-spam-over-im/ Microsoft’s lawsuit seeks to stop what it says is abuse of its Windows Live Messenger service.

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]]> VShell Aims to Harden Security With 3.6 Release https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/vshell-aims-to-harden-security-with-3-6-release/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/vshell-aims-to-harden-security-with-3-6-release/ After five beta releases, VanDyke Software’s VShell 3.6 Secure Shell Server 3.6 is gold. Key new features in Windows and Unix, include: X-command and X-subsystem private use headers in public-key files are now supported. This provides the ability to restrict a user to a particular command or subsystem when a specific public key is used […]

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]]> Walk the Runway With Ubuntu’s Dapper Drake https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/walk-the-runway-with-ubuntus-dapper-drake/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/walk-the-runway-with-ubuntus-dapper-drake/ Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Debian-based Linux distro that comes with security updates and the LAMP stack. Is there room for a Dapper Drake in your server closet? If you’re willing to overlook some curious installation options and documentation shortcomings, it’s worth trying on. Yes, we know you’re sick of hearing about Ubuntu. Ubuntu this, Ubuntu that, […]

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]]> Preventing Buffer Overflow Exploits, Part 1 Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/preventing-buffer-overflow-exploits-part-1-page-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/preventing-buffer-overflow-exploits-part-1-page-2/ Process Memory Regions Before we explain the mechanisms of the buffer overflow exploits, it is impotant to understand the basics of process organization in memory. Each process is divided into three regions: Text: The text region contains the executable code of the process. It is marked as read-only to prevent its modification. This part of […]

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]]> Preventing Buffer Overflow Exploits, Part 1 Page 3 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/preventing-buffer-overflow-exploits-part-1-page-3/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/preventing-buffer-overflow-exploits-part-1-page-3/ Buffer Overflow Exploit in Action A successful buffer overflow exploit has four steps: Find a process that is vulnerable to the buffer overflow exploits In order to inject the most damage, the process should run with root privileges. Decide what to execute as a result of buffer overflow exploit Find a way from the vulnerable […]

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