Do you feel like you're spending more time fighting Linux than using it to provide reliable network services? There are some common sense steps you can take to restore harmony to your relationship with Tux.
Tags: Red Hat, Linux, Debian, configuration, package management

$100 million investment for small business networking continues.
Tags: Cisco, SMB, Linux, networking

Bought by Symantec, buried and now back in the hands of its creators, L0phtcrack provides network administrators with a way to mass-audit passwords on their networks, then remediate problem accounts.
Tags: Windows, authentication, security, Linux, passwords

Setting up your own Asterisk installation isn't for the faint of heart, but the savings you can reap from combining the powerful, open source PBX with Linux are worth the effort. Here's a quick guide to getting your own Asterisk install up and running.
Tags: open source, Linux, telephony, Asterisk, Voice & Messaging

Canonical offers Landscape Ubuntu systems management server as an on-site offering as the Linux vendor positions itself against rivals.
Tags: server, Linux, Ubuntu, Canonical, server management

Operating systems are the source of many holes in your network's security. Microkernel architecture aims to clean them up.
Tags: security, Linux, kernel, microkernel, Minix

Aiming Ubuntu Server Edition at a spot somewhere between the premium corporate Linux distributions and the free-as-in-beer community distributions, Canonical is building a list of enterprise customers.
Tags: support, Linux, Ubuntu, Canonical

But by offering a standardized stack across a variety of OSes, the company also looks to displace the traditional offerings from Linux vendors.
Tags: Sun Microsystems, Linux, Unix, Web services

With virtualization, security and application updates, RHEL 5.2 takes aim at both server and desktop features for Linux users.
Tags: Red Hat, Linux

Virtual LANs offer flexibility and manageability without breaking the bank for new hardware. Learn how to build a VLAN with Linux.
Tags: Linux, VLAN, virtual, routing

Configuring a Linux firewall can be a real chore, but with these graphical tools you can protect your network and learn by example at the same time.
Tags: software, Linux, firewall

Considering the Ubuntu pedigree, you might expect this to be "Debian for the rest of us." That's true, as long as "the rest of us" know what we're doing. Give it a spin, says our reviewer, but do so with care.
Tags: servers, Linux, Ubuntu, server review

Getting the Linux bonding driver to work is just the start: Getting the most out of it requires a little digging.
Tags: Linux, EtherNet, kernel, MAC address, network

Gigabit network cards are becoming more and more common, but getting maximum speed depends on a the right mix of hardware, software, and finesse. Here's how to squeeze top performance out of your gigabit gear using Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows.
Tags: Windows, Linux, hardware, GigabitEthernet, TCP/IP

From time synchronization to wrestling with PAM, there are a lot of ins and outs to join your Linux systems with Active Directory. Here's how to manage it.
Tags: Windows, Linux, interoperability, Active Directory, Samba

If you're dependent on Active Directory but want the power and economy of Samba, too, our guide to joining Samba 3 to an Active Directory domain will show you how to interoperate your way to central management and single-sign on.
Tags: Linux, identity management, Active Directory, file systems, Samba

As a network administrator, you've got to cultivate a certain amount of professional paranoia. tcpdump indulges your need to know and tells you exactly what's going on over your networks.
Tags: Linux, network monitoring, network, packet sniffer