Free Sun Security Administrator Certification Examination

June 1st, 2005 Sun Microsystems (SUNW), the creator of Java Programming Language, is offering Java Associate (SCJA) Beta Certification Exam freely from June 20 - July 15, 2005. Registration has started from today.

June 12th, 2008 To commemorate Sun's awarding over half million certifications, Sun will allow you to re-take the exam one additional time, should you need it, for free if you place your order by June 20 2008. If you are not sure about your chances in the very first time, this is a golden opportunity for you.

May 6th, 2006 This book provides a basis for revising for the Sun Certified Programmer examinations, not to teach the Java language or the topics required for the exam. It is designed to collect all the essential information you need to retain, in one place, and is designed for someone who has already finished their own study and is about to take the exam.

June 13th, 2008 Sun is offering three free assessment tests for Solaris 10 operating system focusing on Unix Essential and System Administration. They are for the following certifications: UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 10 Operating System Objectives: Use command-line features and help resources Manage and view files and directories and change the directory contents Create and modify files and use basic file permissions Create ACLs Control the user work environment Use commands within the shell Perform basic process and job control Archive files and create archives Compress, view, and uncompress files Perform remote file transfers Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Part 1) Objectives: Manage file systems Install software Perform system boot procedures Perform user and security administration Manage network printers and system processes Perform system backups and restores Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Part 2) Objectives: Describe network basics and the client-server model Describe remote administration with the Solaris Management Console Manage swap configuration Manage crash dumps and core files Configure NFS and AutoFS Describe RAID and Solaris Volume Manager software concepts Configure Solaris Volume Manager software Configure RBAC Configure system messaging Configure naming service clients Configure NIS Configure a custom JumpStart software installation Perform a Flash installation Take the tests and find out how strong you are in Solaris.

October 19th, 2005 With its latest release of the software, Apache announced that Geronimo 1.0-M5 Java application server has passed all the compatibility tests and has gained official J2EE1.4 certification of the Java server software standard. Apache Geronimo 1.0-M5 is completely integrated with the Tomcat Web server and includes a developer preview of web management console submitted to Apache by IBM.

November 9th, 2007 OpenSSL is a free, popular, robust, high quality, open source (Apache License) toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library. It is available on multiple platforms (Linux, BSD & Windows).

June 12th, 2008 Sun offers 5 free proficiency assessment examinations. Read below for details and how you can take them.

September 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Korean computer scientists have developed a novel security language for home networks that could ward off cyber attack in homes. Like companies, banks, and other big organizations, domestic and small office networks are just as vulnerable to hacking, malicious computer code, worms, viruses, and eavesdropping.

December 11th, 2007 We are looking for a full-time Linux system administrator to manage our dedicated servers and our internal servers, computers and network. He will also have to manage the MySQL server and other servers in-house.

September 30th, 2009 Microsoft to release free antivirus PC softwareREDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp.

June 18th, 2009 Microsoft readies free PC security softwareSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it plans to release a beta test of its free computer security program next week and is on track to launch a finished product in the fall.

October 12th, 2005 According to Forrester: The majority of enterprises worry most about reliability when acquiring security technologies — thus, only 19% experience shaky deployments. In contrast, just 13% consider cost a top priority when buying, which means that more than one-third suffer from implementation sticker shock.

November 28th, 2005 I have received several questions regarding java certifications. This is a concise guide to java software certification options for java developers, software architects, non-developers like project managers, product managers etc.

July 24th, 2007 Security researchers Charlie Miller, Jake Honoroff & Joshua Mason claimed and then demonstrated a prrof-of-concept vulnerability in iPhone which can be used by any website to inject codes in iPhone which will allow full remote control of your iPhone over the internet. The hackers can do everything you can do with your iPhone remotely.

May 15th, 2007 Several years ago I noticed a big issue with NIS security at Sun, which I promptly reported hoping for a patch. Today I found out it is still there.