Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

Scientific Linux — an alternative to CentOS?

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

As CentOS is currently in a bit worrying situation with security updates arriving late, and major and point releases being months behind, it's probably a good idea to have a look around and check what else is out there that claims to be binary compatible with RHEL. With more than ...

Yet again: Your wife’s name doesn’t qualify as a password!

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

You think I am exaggerating? Maybe I am for some people. But for the majority I am clearly not. This includes even big players on the Internet, who definitely should know better! And that really upsets me, because those careless people obviously have access (i.e. passwords) to many other peoples' ...