It can be hard, as an Oracle Database administrator, to expand your PL/SQL skills due to a lack of good examples, not to mention that lines upon lines of syntax definitions can be somewhat of a turn-off. Steve Callan moves beyond the mundane to look at using a composite data type.
<b>LinuxLinks: </b>"To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 5 useful Linux logfile viewers. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone needing to examine and process logfile data."
A couple of Los Angeles men who were operating a very sophisticated and lucrative software pirating operation on Craigslist couldn't outrun the long arm of the law.
Can your vulnerability management program adapt to local application attack vectors? Nowadays, keeping pace with worms and viruses means getting creative about policies.
<b>Linux Line:</b> "Of particular interest to me is the assertion in the report that "any given Linux machine is five times more likely to be sending spam than any given Windows machine.""
Toshiba's 15.6-inch business notebook doesn't skimp on features, with everything from an old-fashioned RS-232 port to facial recognition software, not to mention a fast Core i7 CPU and Nvidia graphics. Does this $1,349 laptop PC have the right stuff to serve as a desktop replacement?
New management software suite incorporates bits and pieces from multiple acquisitions with the goal of delivering responsive, real-time control throughout the IT stack.
Security-software vendors say hackers for months have been repeatedly targeting top-tier executives and government officials using the World Cup soccer tournament as a lure.
Windows management has a prime place in system monitoring and administration irrespective of the technology being used. The suppleness that is achieved using the Windows management native API's are far more than that which could be achieved through other kinds of monitoring and administration application.
<b>Linux Pro Magazine:</b> "The Dé Dup backup utility may not be the most powerful or flexible backup tool out there, but it does have its advantages. Its straightforward interface makes it dead-easy to configure backups, while the support for the Amazon S3 storage back-end is a boon for users looking for unlimited backup storage on the cheap."
Adobe Systems says it will have a fix to a major exploit in its popular Flash Player later this week and fixes for Reader and Acrobat by the end of the month.
<b>Howtoforge:</b> "This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a CentOS 5.4 server. From the Suhosin project page: "Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations that was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core."
Our patent system is so under-funded, its mission, criteria and processes so broken and ill-suited to today's economy that the best solution is to just dismantled the patent office and start over.
<b>Dedoimedo:</b> "Welcome to the sixth article in the long series on Kernel crash collection and analysis. We have started the series with LKCD, an older utility, followed by a very long review of Kdump, both of which are available as PDF guides, free for download. "
Bringing two networks together is not always a simple matter. Enterprises that approach it from a purely technical perspective are in for a more complex integration.