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Security is an extremely complex subject with a variety of definitions.
This article is an attempt to educate people about the need to specifically evaluate their security needs when choosing and configuring an operating system. There are a variety of security products and software suites currently available for Linux, and a number of security projects in the works that will have a significant benefit to Linux security. Depending upon your exact needs, budget, level of expertise and so on, there is almost surely a security solution for Linux that will fit your needs. The beauty of these three technologies from WireX is that you do not need a huge amount of expertise or time to implement, and SubDomain can protect software available in binary only formats. The Openwall kernel patch is a relatively simple set of kernel patches that once compiled in will prevent or stop a number of problems.