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Cloud Security Models and Gotchas
A few years back NIST defined cloud security models that we all know today as “Something” As A Service. They’re good conceptual models and make a useful frame of reference when talking generally. However, when we get down to actual implementations, you can only expect the Cloud Service Provider to provide what’s in their contract…
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Windows Services
Mostly historical interest now, but a list of Windows Services, and dependencies. A more recent Windows edition would be nice, but don’t hold your breath. This is the Windows Services page Alerter The Alerter service notifies users of administrative alerts on a network. This service usually is not required under normal circumstances. Note: This is…
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Fedora Core Linux v5 Install

Another story kept for purely historical interest, I’m not repeating the Fedora Core 4 install. The following article describes how to install; Fedora Core Linux version 5 Step 1. Download ISOs from the internet – Linux ISO Torrent is no more, but Linuxtracker.org makes a fine substitute – For Fedora ISOs I recommend Torrents from…
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Installing CentOS 5 on a Virtual Machine

Of purely historical interest at this point is my old CentOS 5 tutorial from 2007, originally a colleague needed some help installing Nessus as part of his master’s studies. I’ll do one for version 7 at some point in the future. The following article describes how to install; CentOS Linux version 5 Step 1. Download…