The root password is set to a randomly generated string, printed on a paper with the server name and then locked in a safe. We use sudo for root access. As it is now we're pretty much fire and forget, ...

An OpenSSH vulnerability introduced 15 years ago could allow attackers to obtain full root shell access to vulnerable servers ...

One of several domain name system (DNS) servers on the Internet that contain the IP addresses of the top-level domain (TLD) registry organizations that maintain the global domains (.com, .net, .gov, ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

Provided a couple of programmers are correct, what started out as an attempt to provide better Domain Name System (DNS) server performance on Windows machines may also be one way to reduce DNS ...

This week, the Apache Software Foundation has patched a severe vulnerability in the Apache (httpd) web server project that could --under certain circumstances-- allow rogue server scripts to execute ...

There’s some good news and some bad news for corporate network managers about the latest Internet root server attack. The good news is that the Internet demonstrated once again that it is the most ...

A China-based root DNS server associated with networking problems in Chile and the U.S. has been disconnected from the Internet. The action by the server’s operator, Netnod, appears to have resolved a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Server racks in server room cloud data center. (Image credit: BigStock/Kwarkot) Every Wednesday ...