Out of the box, Linux is a highly secure operating system, but does that mean you can get by without a bit of help? Let's find out.

The Linux host command can retrieve a lot of useful information from the domain name service, but has a lot of options that you need to understand to get started.

Linux is powerful, flexible, and can do just about anything. However, to really get the most out of Linux and your computer (s), there are certain skills and habits you need to bolster; otherwise, you ...

IPFire is a Linux-based stateful firewall distro that’s built on top of Netfilter. It began as a fork of the IPCop project, ...

Tor has announced Oniux, a new command-line tool for routing any Linux application securely through the Tor network for anonymized network connections.

To do this, I set up Microsoft's DOS Network client on her computer and then started Samba on my Linux system. New problem: when I told my wife that I had used MS software to get her system connected, ...

Whether it's for the home or home office, a Linux server can provide an array of digital services for the family or a budding business.

This software also enforces AD password policies across Linux systems. Likewise isn’t the only company that tries to get Linux and Windows servers to coordinate with each other.

Using a set of public/private keys to allow you to log into a remote Linux system or run commands using ssh without a password can be very convenient, but setup is just tad tricky. Here's how and ...