Nmap, Insecure.org's much-praised open source network auditing tool, has received a major set of updates. So many updates, in fact, that it was deemed worthy of a new version number.

An ill wind is blowing near Microsoft right now. It's come and passed before, but this time seems different. I'm starting to get a lot of clients asking about this "Linux stuff." And I'm not even talking about the corporations trying to save money on software; I'm talking about individuals trying to save their home computers.

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