Virtual servers; Open-Source Security; Backup management

TURBOLINUX CLUSTER SERVER 8
Turbolinux has introduced Cluster Server 8 for two and 10 nodes. The software, which creates a virtual server to handle additional load, offers load balancing as well as hardware and software recovery to enable continuous Web service. Cluster Server provides a transparent, unified network view that's customizable and scalable for Linux, Windows or Sun Solaris. Most any TCP/IP service running on more than one machine at a time--including Web sites (HTTP, HTTPS), FTP, e-mail (SMPT, POP3 and IMAP), news (NNTP), DNS, and DB2 or Oracle databases--can be clustered. Cluster Server uses SSL plus encryption to provide security. $1,549 for two nodes; $2,299 for 10 nodes. Turbolinux, (760) 318-0495. www.turbolinux.com

LXI UNIVERSAL CLIENT

Organizations with disparate platforms should check out LXI Universal Client Backup, which promises control, management and backup through iSeries, Unix, IBM AIX or Linux servers running LXI's MMS storage-management applications or TMS/ix storage-management software. With the software, backup policies can be administered from one location, reducing backup time and allowing storage resources to be shared across the enterprise. Starts at $2,500 for five client licenses. LXI Corp., (800) 226-6526, (214) 260-9002. www.lxicorp.com/proddr.htm

DEBIAN GNU/LINUX 3.0 SECURITY UPDATES
As part of an upgrade to version 3.0 of Debian GNU/Linux (aka "woody"), security updates are now issued within 48 hours of notification and available for free download at security.debian.org. At this site, Debian users can subscribe to a free e-mail security announcement newsletter and sign up to get the latest security updates. Debian GNU/Linux is an open-source Linux operating system that's maintained by its community and available for free download. You can also purchase Debian software through a vendor, with a portion of the price going to support the community. Free. Debian. www.debian.org

IMMUNIX SECURE OS 7.3
Security and open source are combined in Immunix Secure OS 7.3. Immunix uses open-source technologies to incorporate security features, such as buffer-overflow protection, into its applications. Enhancements to the 2.4 Linux kernel let Immunix include LSM (Linux Security Modules), such as Immunix's admin program, SubDomain. This program profiles 30 major services and programs, and allows you to use full regular expressions in a subdomain rule. Immunix also includes an up2date service that makes it easier to keep the system current. $995 (includes one year of security updates). Immunix, (866) 464-6686, (503) 222-9660. www.immunix.com

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