May 2005
Debian Administration :: Tightening PHP Security
by 1 other
There are a lot of Debian systems running PHP code, and in their default state the Debian PHP packages don't tighten up security as much as they could. There are a lot of badly coded scripts out there which can be abused by malicious users. (PHP is in alone in that regard!)
March 2005
NuFw, an Authentication Firewall Suite for Linux
by 1 other (via)
NuFW performs an authentication of every single connection passing through the IP filter, by transparently requesting user's credentials before any filtering decision is taken. Practically, this means security policies can integrate with the users directory, and bring the notion of user ID down to the IP layers.
