In this article, security expert Carol Woodbury answers those nagging questions you have about AIX security.

Written by Carol Woodbury

Security terms are thrown about in articles and manuals, but do you know what they really mean? Below are some of the questions I asked when I was first learning about AIX security. Perhaps you have some of the same questions I did. Let's take a look.

Oh, and where's my TechTip?

Written by Art S. Kagel

I want to accomplish two things with this inaugural TechTip. Mainly, of course, I want to give you what you came here for, a TechTip, and we'll get to that shortly. Secondly, I want to lay out the course that this column will take so you will know what to expect and what I will be talking about here.

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