Jason Brooks

KDE and GNOME, the open-source software projects that together form the face of most Linux installations, have undergone revisions that boost their usability and enterprise readiness—advances that build the case for Linux as a viable alternative to Windows on mainstream corporate desktops. Click here to read the full review of KDE 3.3.

KDE and GNOME, the open-source software projects that together form the face of most Linux installations, have undergone revisions that boost their usability and enterprise readiness—advances that build the case for Linux as a viable alternative to Windows on mainstream corporate desktops. Click here to read the full review of GNOME 2.8.

KDE and GNOME, the open-source software projects that together form the face of most Linux installations, have undergone revisions that boost their usability and enterprise readiness—advances that build the case for Linux as a viable alternative to Windows on mainstream corporate desktops. Some of the biggest changes in KDE 3.3 and GNOME 2.8 lie in […]

The increasing prominence of freely licensed Linux has prompted many to view operating systems in general as a commodity. With Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems hopes to demonstrate that a companys choice of operating system does matter and that the level of innovation Sun has built into Solaris 10 can deliver benefits across a companys infrastructure. […]

Novell Inc.s SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, which began shipping last month, is the first version of SuSEs enterprise-oriented distribution that has shipped since Novell acquired SuSE Linux AG earlier this year. Click here to read the full review of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. 2 Novell Inc.s SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, which began […]

Trusted Solaris has been around for a few years longer than SELinux. And, as a complete product rather than a do-it-yourself add-on, it boasts a greater integration level of trusted features than SELinux does. Also, unlike SELinux, which is currently best-suited for server deployments, the access controls in Trusted Solaris extend to the desktop environment. […]

SELinux is a set of kernel patches and utilities that boosts the security of the Linux system on which its enabled by providing for the enforcement of mandatory access control policies. Click here to read the full review of SELinux. 2 SELinux is a set of kernel patches and utilities that boosts the security of […]

Functionally, a trusted operating system is defined primarily by its support of mandatory access controls. However, at many of the sites where trusted operating systems are deployed, its important that these operating systems also are defined by their certifications. The job of certifying trusted operating systems is generally left to the Common Criteria Project, an […]

eWEEK Labs tested two trusted operating system products: the National Security Agencys SELinux, which makes Linux into a trusted operating system, and Sun Microsystems Inc.s Trusted Solaris 8. Both have access controls that are much more fine-grained than those in mainstream operating systems, limiting the damage that can be done by an attacker who takes […]

When it comes to operating systems, its a matter of trust—or mistrust, as the case may be. Its often suggested that Microsoft Corp.s security woes stem in part from the companys tardiness in updating the security assumptions it had developed when solitary, disconnected desktop PCs had little reason to fear network-borne attacks. However, the problem […]

Although Microsoft Corp. deems the security improvements included in Windows XP Service Pack 2 important enough to divert the companys resources from “Longhorn,” these updates wont be coming to users of the older but still heavily used Windows 2000 operating system. /zimages/1/28571.gifLabs Director Jim Rapoza said Microsoft needs to offer a Windows 2000 service pack […]

Executive Summary Two and a half years after the initial release of Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.s Service Pack 2 advances the state of Windows security: The update plugs long-standing vulnerabilities in Windows services and modifies key applications, such as its Internet Explorer and the system firewall, to make it easier for users and administrators to […]