Also Posted Replays from December and January Webcasts
Registration is currently underway for Oracle Database February Webcasts. These live webcasts feature experts who will be covering various topics involving the database and security, upgrading, and consolidating. Also posted are past webcasts from December and January that are available for replay. Topics covered include clustering, data encryption, security and regulatory compliance, high availability best practices, and transaction processing and data warehousing.
Don’t Assume the Default Configuration on Your Laptop is Enough
In Part 1 of a two-part piece on securing MySQL Thierry Manfe addresses the concern that should occur to every web project developer before opening the flood gates to on-line users. The article presents four steps that take the project development from the default configuration available on the developer’s laptop to the level of security exposure on the web calls for. A second part recommends practices called for with MySQL in a production environment.
Maintenance Release Offers Many Performance, Stability Improvements
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also open source. There are a number of performance and stability improvements in the newly released VirtualBox 3.0.8. Download it free.
Employs Native OpenSSO Integration Agent at Runtime
In their Sun Developer Network paper on “Delegating XML Gateway Runtime Authorization to OpenSSO” Francois Lascelles and Rick Palkovic describe how access control rules defined in OpenSSO can be enforced at runtime by SecureSpan XML Gateway through its native OpenSSO integration agent. XML Gateways, they explain, are dedicated applications that enable a centralized approach to security and identity enforcement.
Sun India CTO Explains the Basics of Cloud Computing
Get some insight on whether cloud computing is right for your business from Santhosh D’Souza, CTO, Sun Microsystems India, who explains more about the cloud model and if it is necessary for businesses to subscribe to it in an interview with CXOtoday.
The OpenSolaris Security Summit is set for November 3, 2009, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD. Coordinated to run during the Large Installation System Administrator Conference (LISA) ‘09, the free day-long event will be focused on security in large system installations with speakers from CTO, technical leaders, customers and community members.
Compares “OpenSolaris Bible” - Which Book is Best and For Whom
The book “Pro OpenSolaris”, published in April 2009, by Harry Foxwell and Christine Tran focuses primarily on the key OpenSolaris features that the authors believe should be learned and used for Web development. Based on OpenSolaris 2008.11, the book targets readers that are comfortable with the user and development environments of GNOME and Linux. Scott Dickson shares his impressions of the book in a quick review, and offers an abbreviated comparison to “OpenSolaris Bible.”
Multiple Hospitals to Share in Enhanced Security, Data Reliability
Global Security Magazine reports that The Madrid Hospital Group has selected SeMarket and Sun Microsystems to establish an identity management and Single Sign On system. The project, which will be implemented by SeMarket, will enable the secure authentication of both employees and patients of the Group by using fingerprint biometrics while taking into account the norms and policies linked to access control systems. Sun Identity Manager solution will be the foundation for the system.
