Linux Magazine #157 - Print Issue

The emphasis is on privacy this month, from security tools to encryption to systems that isolate you from the rest of the digital world.

Cover Stories:

• Privacy Tools: Three tools to keep your data safe from wandering eyes.
• Ubuntu Privacy Remix: UPR isolates you from the outside world.
• Encrypting Block Devices: Encrypting a block device protects all the files you put on it.
• PHP XHP Extension: Use HTML and XML tags in PHP to clean up your code.
• Web Cryptography API: The controversial HTML5 Web Crypto API will let browsers encrypt and decrypt application data, opening the door to online DRM.

Also in this issue:

• Table of Contents
• Comment: Freedom and Space
• On the DVD: ArtistX 1.5 & Arch Linux 2013.10.01
• DVD Inlay
• News
• Volatility 2.3: This memory dump analyzer and forensic tool helps track down system problems.
• Parted Magic: Reconstruct your data after a hard drive meltdown or a careless typo at the command line.
• Charly’s Column – Varnish: If you have some spare RAM, this fast cache can help you speed up your Apache server.
• Security Lessons – Web Security: Security headers protect your browser and your websites against various attack vectors.
• Ask Klaus! Klaus talks about the “problem” of too much diversity in Linux distros.
• Perl – Memes: Jump on the meme bandwagon by building your own image macro memes worthy of Lolcats and I Can Has Cheezburger.
• Command Line – Libre/OpenOffice Scripts: Scripts that help you get the most out of your Office suite.
• AcetoneISO: Manage existing ISO images or configure your own.
• Workspace – Ebook Publishing: A handful of tools let you author, tag, convert, and publish your next masterpiece.
• openArtist: An Ubuntu-based Live distro with tools for artists, musicians, and other creative types.
• Git-Annex: Distribute files across devices, servers, and services.
• MediaGoblin Media Sharing: Reject YouTube, Flickr, and other social media spies by building your own media-sharing site.
• Kernel News: Latency, backups, and removing an architecture from the kernel.
• Doghouse – Managing Expectations: The importance of stating your project goals up front.