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Windows provides a simple dialog box for configuring IPv6, but the available settings only scratch the surface. IPv6 comes with many features that are primarily managed using the command-line tool NetShell.

Logging is of such importance in security monitoring and troubleshooting that easy access to the information buried in logfiles is essential. The Logwatch tool monitors logs and analyzes and reports on activities of interest as specified in configuration files.

Those who think that enabling STARTTLS in the mail client will make their mail traffic more secure are wrong. Only those who bank on DANE can be sure that a mail server or a firewall will not switch off encryption in transit.

Automating your system builds can save a lot of time. We describe the steps of a minimal installation using CentOS and Kickstart.

Some users may struggle when setting up various services, such as web servers, email servers, firewalls, and the like. Zentyal simplifies configuration of all those things, thanks to its intuitive user interface.

Use this powerful audit framework to log events on your Linux system.

DMARC retrofits email with sender verification and thus provides a useful tool for fighting spam.

Single-board computers, such as the Raspberry Pi, are very low cost and low power, yet are complete systems suitable for personal and educational projects. But are they HPC-worthy?

I've watched many things drop from sight during my lifetime. Some are simply reminders of days past, such as mailboxes on the street, pay telephones, and vinyl record albums. Some of the innovations that have disappeared, however, have had a more profound effect on me, such as rotary dial phones that gave way to push-button phones, compact discs that gave way to downloadable music, and camera film that gave way to digital blips on a computer screen. The point is that all of the innovations I've seen during the past couple of decades have been made to make my life easier or richer in some obscure way. But the next generation of inventors isn't just thinking about the external environment: They have turned their sights toward you and me – in the years ahead, the consumers won't just use the product, they will become part of the product.