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But what's the world coming to when you can't participate in a porn video while you're on-the-clock? We think it's an issue of Freedom of Speech. Instead of writing parking tickets, L.A. Department of Transportation traffic officer John Dancler was finally fired after NBC Los Angeles was alerted to an online porn video clip featuring the city employee (as part of an "investigation").
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NBC4, which broke the story of the officer's firing Thursday, says he's the one seen on tape fondling a porn performer's breasts and spanking her.
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"American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez had a major wardrobe malfunction on Saturday while filming a German television show and RadarOnline.com has the photos.
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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who has suffered years of imprisonment and beatings for objecting to forced abortions and sterilizations in his native country, thought he could find shelter and friendship in the United States embassy following his recent escape from house arrest. He is now learning the hard way that the pro-abortion Obama administration, which helps to finance the same "one-child policy" that Chen is fighting, would rather see him disappear.
Chen's presence in the embassy during the past week was little more than a dangerous irritant for Hillary Clinton's State Department. The main goal of the agency has long been the promotion and protection of American commercial interests abroad, and "human rights" often provide useful cover for criticizing regimes that are recalcitrant in the face of American economic pressure. The Chen affair, however, only threatens an amicable and highly profitable relationship between the U.S. and China, and presents no "upside" for the American bottom line.
Worse for Chen is his uncomfortable and embarrassing opposition to China's population control agenda, a policy supported by the Obama administration and in particular the State Department, which: is spendingtens of billions of dollars on such programs worldwide. Although the administration gives lip-service against coercive abortion and sterilization, it is simultaneously helping to finance the Chinese population control machine with tens of millions of dollars in subsidies to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),: which helps to administer: China's brutal one-child policy.
Perhaps that is why, according to Chen, his American "hosts" started to sound more like fellow-members of the international population-control mafia that is killing his country, than starry-eyed defenders of "human rights."
Chen, who says he felt pressured to leave the embassy, adds that he finally decided to do so when American officials informed him that if didn't, his wife would be beaten by vengeful Chinese officials. Embassy personnel deny the claim, although they admit that they let Chen know that his wife would be taken back to the residence where the couple had been beaten many times.
I'm not surprised that the Democrats would not support Chen. Recall that Obama appointed John Holdren -: a supporter of forced abortions and sterilizations: – as his "Science Czar".
What kinds of things might Chen be protesting? Well how about this forced abortion of a nine month old unborn child?
A chilling photograph circulating in China shows the body of a 9-months-gestation baby submerged in a bucket of water, apparently a victim of the country's one-child policy.
Digital Journal: reports: that the photograph, in which the head and arm of a child can be seen underwater in a large red bucket on the floor, was posted to the Chinese web services company Baidu before it was circulated on Weibo, the country's version of Twitter, last week.
The abortion appears to have taken place on March 26 after Chinese family planning police in the town of Moshan hunted down the family because the couple already had one child.
According to English reports regarding the original post, the pregnant mother was forcibly held down as she was given an injection to induce labor, after which the baby "even gave a cry when it came out," but was left in a bucket to drown.
In response to the photo, Reggie Littlejohn of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, which opposes China's one-child policy, confirmed that late-term abortions and infanticide are common means of enforcing China's one-child population rule.
"These violent procedures can happen up to the ninth month of pregnancy," Littlejohn told LifeSiteNews.com. "Sometimes the women themselves die along with their full term babies. Forced abortion is China's war against women.: It is official government rape."
"Late term babies are injected with poison in their skulls or drowned in buckets," she continued. "If the Chinese Communist Party wants to be a respected member of the international community, it must stop forced abortion and infanticide."
[…]Littlejohn pointed out that the abortion allegedly took place in Linyi, the same city where forced-abortion opponent and human rights activist Chen Guangcheng still languishes under house arrest.
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We reported earlier this week on how financial organizations are at risk from third parties with compromised security.
It seems that the same thing applies to software. The latest review by IT security specialist Secunia shows that third-party programs are responsible for 76 percent of the vulnerabilities discovered in the 50 most popular programs in 2013.
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Dozens of undocumented migrants from Asia and Africa occupied a park and the surrounding streets in front of the main bus station in Belgrade, Friday. Most of the migrants sleep in the park, including whole families. The fate of the migrants is uncertain with the Hungarian government's decision to erect a fence along the border with Serbia to prevent undocumented migrants from entering. Most of them are unaware of the fence that is about to be built but those who know, like Rizwan from Afghanistan, say that they will find another way to cross into the EU. In June alone, over 10,000 undocumented migrants entered Serbia form Macedonia on their way to the EU. Every day, between 300 and 500 enter the country illegally. From Belgrade, migrants are transported by taxis or private buses to the border of Hungary. For most of them the goal is to reach Western Europe.
"This Sunday we are not deciding whether Greece will remain in Europe or not", said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens, Friday, whilst discussing the bailout referendum. Tsipras added that a 'yes' vote will lead to "the slow death of our economy and the pauperization of the society", whilst a 'no' vote will allow Greece to "reinforce our negotiating power in order to achieve a deal that will bring an end to the five years of disaster." Speaking from the Presidential House in Athens, Tsipras said that "according to what they [IMF] estimate in order to have a viable debt and growth is to have a haircut of 30% and to be given a twenty years period of grace". Such a forecast, the Greek Prime Minister argues, "justifies our decision not to accept an agreement that overlaps the crucial issue of the debt". The Greek people will hold a referendum on Sunday 5 to decide whether to accept the austerity measures requested by the so-called "troika" (IMF, ECB, EC). A 'No' vote by the Greek people would reject new austerity measures that are demanded by Greece's creditors, while a 'Yes' would accept the institutions' conditions for a new Greek bailout package.
Members of the left-wing trade union group the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) clashed with police outside the Federation of Greek Industries as they tried to storm the building in Athens, Friday. Protesters spray-painted "PAME" on the front of the building and chanted slogans against austerity and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras. PAME are a trade union movement founded by the Greek Communist Party (KKE) in April 1999. The movement has a membership of 850,000 people including card holders at affiliated organisations. The KKE are encouraging their members to vote neither 'yes' nor 'no' in the upcoming bailout referendum, stating that both votes will lead to a yes to "the EU and capitalist barbarity", as it reads on their website. They therefore ask their supporters to say no to both the troika proposal and to the Greek government proposal, arguing that "rupture-disengagement" from the EU would be the best solution. The Greek people will hold a referendum on July 5 to decide whether to accept the austerity measures requested by the so-called "troika" (IMF, ECB, EC). The Greek government closed the country's banks on Monday, as well as imposing limits on cash withdrawals until July 6. A 'No' vote by the Greek people would reject new austerity measures that are demanded by Greece's creditors, while a 'Yes' would accept the institutions' conditions for a new Greek bailout package.
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My son had to read this for eighth grade, so I did too. Ugh.
RGG: First-person account of a teenage boy surviving a civil war in Sierra Leone, in part by being drafted into the army and then later being rehabilitated. Very graphic violence.
So many horrific atrocities involving children that I kept rechecking the cover desperately hoping to see it was really a novel. Not an enjoyable read, but a very important one.
Really anything that I could write here would be insufficient, so I just have to say - READ THIS BOOK. It's amazing and heartbreaking and inspiring all at once.
Ismaeh Beah recounts how he was recruited, against his will, to be a child soldier in Sierra Leone. This is a riveting story of how innocent children are exposed to violence and forced to commit horrible acts in order to survive. I was especially horrified at how relentlessly soldiers recruited children to fight their war. The accounts are sometimes graphic but necessary in order to understand the conditions that Beah lived through. This book is recommeded for young adult readers from grade 10 upward.
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This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.
What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.
In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts.
This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
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A process determines a role that a target server will perform. The process also identifies at least one security policy associated with the role. The target server is then configured to implement the identified security policies.
1. A method comprising:
determining a role that a target server will perform;
identifying at least one security policy associated with the role, wherein identifying the at least one security policy includes:
accessing a knowledge base containing security parameters associated with roles that a server might perform; and
identifying services and communication ports used by roles that a server might perfom;
configuring the target server to implement the identified security policy, wherein configuring the target server includes:
generating a target server policy based on the role and the security policy associated with the role; and
applying the target server policy to the target server.
2. A method as recited in
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11. One or more computer-readable memories containing a computer program that is executable by a processor to perform the method recited in
12. A method comprising:
identifying a target server;
determining at least one role that the target server is able to perform;
identifying operating characteristics associated with the role that the target server is able to perform, wherein identifying the operating characteristics includes:
identifying security services used by the role; and
identifying communication ports used by the role;
identifying a particular role to be performed by the target server; and
configuring the target server based on the particular role to be performed by the target server and the operating characteristics associated with the particular role.
13. A method as recited in
14. A method as recited in
15. A method as recited in
16. One or more computer-readable memories containing a computer program that is executable by a processor to perform the method recited in
17. A method comprising:
identifying a target server;
identifying operating characteristics associated with possible server roles;
tagging operating characteristics associated with one or more roles that the target server is capable of performing;
identifying a role that the target server will perform; and
configuring the target server to perform the identified role, wherein configuring the target server includes:
generating a target server policy based on the identified role; and
applying the target server policy to the target server.
18. A method as recited in
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20. A method as recited in
21. A method as recited in
22. An apparatus comprising:
means for determining one or more roles that a target server is able to perform;
means for identifying operating characteristics associated with the plurality of roles that the target server is able to perform;
means for identifying a particular role to be performed by the target server;
means for configuring the target server based on the particular role to be performed by the target server and operating characteristics associated with the particular role;
means for identifying a plurality of services associated with the particular role; and
means for identifying a plurality of ports associated with the particular role.
23. An apparatus as recited in
24. An apparatus comprising:
a knowledge base containing characteristics associated with a plurality of server roles;
a pre-processor coupled to the knowledge base and configured to identify characteristics of a target server coupled to the pre-processor; and
a configuration engine coupled to the pre-processor, the configuration engine is to apply configuration information to the target server, and wherein the configuration information includes at least one service associated with a server role to be performed by the target server and at least one port associated with a server role to be performed by the target server.
25. An apparatus as recited in
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27. An apparatus as recited in
28. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a computer program that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
retrieve data associated with one or more server roles from a knowledge base;
determine one or more roles that a target server is capable of performing,
wherein the one or more roles that the target server is capable of performing have:
at least one associated service; and
at least one associated port;
obtain user preferences regarding at least one role to be implemented by the target server; and
configure the target server based on data associated with the at least one role.
29. One or more computer-readable media as recited in
The systems and methods described herein relate to configuring one or more servers.
Different types of servers are used to perform a variety of tasks in, for example, a network environment. Example servers include file servers, print servers and web servers. A file server is a computing device and a storage device that stores files. Users on a network can store files to the file server and retrieve files from the file server. A print server is a computing device that manages one or more printers coupled to the print server or coupled to a common network. A web server is a computing device coupled to a network (e.g., the Internet) that delivers (i.e., serves up) web pages. A web server has an IP address and, in some cases, a domain name.
Servers are often dedicated such that they do not perform other tasks outside their server tasks. Certain servers may be capable of performing multiple tasks or functioning as multiple servers simultaneously (such as a file server and a print server).
Initially, a server needs to be configured to perform the various functions desired by a network administrator or other operator. Configuration of the server may also define certain operating characteristics, such as what types of user can access the server, how the server handles various types of requests, and what types of data should be encrypted by the server.
In existing systems, network administrators or other operators are responsible for configuring servers. Often, this configuration requires a significant amount of understanding and low-level control of the various operating characteristics. These manual tasks are time-consuming and may be redundant if the network administrator is configuring multiple servers that perform similar functions. In these situations, the "quality" of the server configuration is dependent on the knowledge and skill of the network administrator. If the network administrator is inexperienced at configuring servers, the server may not be configured in the best possible manner. Improper or inefficient server configuration may cause problems, such as poor server performance or inadequate server security.
Accordingly, there is a need for improved techniques for configuring one or more servers.
The systems and methods described herein automate the process of configuring one or more servers. In one embodiment, a process determines a role that a target server will perform. The process then identifies at least one security policy associated with the role. The target server is then configured to implement the identified security policies.
Similar reference numbers are used throughout the figures to reference like components and/or features.
The systems and methods described herein allow an administrator to automatically configure one or more servers based on the role or roles that the server will be performing. When configuring a target server, the systems and methods described herein access data contained in a knowledge base along with user-supplied input regarding how the target server will be used. The knowledge base contains information regarding operating system and application parameters that need to be configured or analyzed from a security perspective. A configuration engine receives high-level configuration information and transforms that information into a native configuration language associated with the target server. The configuration engine also resolves various environment-specific variables, such as determining what domain controllers are associated with a particular server.
Various examples discussed herein refer to one or more servers. As used herein, a "server" is any computing device capable of performing functions defined by a particular server type. As discussed herein, a computing device may need to be configured to operate as a particular type of server. For example, a "file server" is any computing device capable of performing the functions and tasks defined by a file server role, such as receiving files, storing files and providing files to requesting devices. In particular embodiments, a "server" is a general purpose computer. A particular server may function as two or more servers simultaneously, such as a file server and a print server.
Particular examples discussed herein refer to configuration of a single server. However, the systems and methods discussed herein can be applied to the configuration of any number of servers. For example, if two servers are to be configured in similar ways, the two servers can be configured simultaneously by creating a transform that can be deployed simultaneously to configure two or more different servers.
As discussed herein, a particular server may be configured to perform one or more roles. A role defines, for example, a set of functions or tasks that the server performs. Example roles include a file server, a print server, a web server, a domain controller, a DNS server, an SMTP server and a terminal server. A file server role, for example, receives files, stores files and responds to file access requests. Various security parameters are associated with the different roles. For example, roles may have associated security parameters relating to account login policies, event log settings, port filtering policies, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) policies and security-related registry values. Additional details regarding roles are provided below.
In a particular implementation, target server 104 is not actually configured. Instead, target server 104 is merely used to assist a user in creating a policy for a system similar to the target server. The target server assists the user by causing the filtering out of information in the knowledge base that doesn't apply to the environment for which the user is creating a policy. In an alternate embodiment, a target server is not used to generate a policy. In this embodiment, the user has access to all data in the knowledge base.
Pre-processor 102 creates a run-time specific knowledge base, which is referred to in
In a particular embodiment, Runtime XML 108 contains all of the data from knowledge base 106, but the data elements are "tagged" to indicate whether the particular elements (e.g., particular roles) are supported by target server 104. An example tag is: <Satisfiable> TRUE </Satisfiable> In another embodiment, the data elements that are not supported by target server 104 are filtered out by pre-processor 102 such that they are not included in Runtime XML 108.
Runtime XML 108 is provided to user interface application 110, which obtains additional input about the desired configuration of target server 104 from a network administrator or other individual. Using the data in Runtime XML 108, user interface application 110 is able to restrict the options and configuration information requested from the network administrator to those options and configuration information that are relevant to target server 104. For example, if target server 104 is not capable of functioning as a DNS server, then user interface application 110 does not present that option to the network administrator. Additionally, if user interface application 110 identifies the operating system (OS) level of target server 104 (e.g., by querying the target server), the knowledge base data can be consulted to determine the set of security levels supported by the target server's OS. Thus, user interface application 110 utilizes information from knowledge base 106 and knowledge of the current state of target server 104 to solicit functional server requirements from the network administrator and generate a resulting security policy (shown in
Output XML 112 is provided to a configuration engine 114 that is coupled to target server 104. Configuration engine 114 (also referred to as a "back-end engine") provides a framework and a set of components, a transformation module 118 and a configuration module 120, that can transform Output XML 112 generated by user interface application 110 into native scripts and configuration files. These native scripts and configuration files are stored temporarily or permanently on a data storage device 116 coupled to configuration engine 114. The native scripts and configuration files are subsequently applied to target server 104 during a configuration phase. Configuration engine 114 also enables or disables various services, as needed, to implement the roles selected by the user through user interface application 110. Configuration engine 114 also supports rollback and analysis operations in addition to configuration operations. Rollback is a flag that can be passed to a "back-end" transformation or application engine. A rollback transformation compares the configuration policy to the current state of the system and stores the current values for the changes that would be made if the policy were applied.
Analysis operations determine whether a system is in compliance with a particular policy. For example, if an output policy indicates "disable service x", the analysis operations will generate a warning if service x is enabled. The primary difference between the analysis operations and rollback is their outputs. The rollback output needs to be resubmitted to the configuration engine and the analysis operation output needs to be viewable in a user interface.
Transformation module 118 (in configuration engine 114) transforms the data in Output XML 112 into native scripts and configuration files. Output XML 112 is typically a high-level policy written in XML. Transformation module 118 transforms the high-level policy to native scripts and configuration files that can be understood by target server 104. Configuration module 120 applies one or more policies (defined by native scripts and configuration files) to target server 104, thereby configuring the target server. The transformation performed by transformation module 118 is similar to the compilation function performed by a compiler to convert source code into object code for a particular processor architecture. Output XML 112 is similar to the source code and the resulting native scripts and configuration files are created for a particular architecture (the target server).
In one embodiment, Output XML 112 represents a high-level policy that will be applied to the target server 104. The high-level policy is transformed into a more specific file customized for target server 104. This high-level policy can be applied to multiple different target servers, in which case a separate customized file is created for each target server. Although the high-level policy is the same, the separate customized files may differ due to differences in the target servers.
Although particular examples discussed herein refer to a target server, alternate embodiments can configure a server without having any previous knowledge of the server's current configuration or capabilities. In these alternate embodiments, the systems and methods may presume that the server is capable of performing any role.
Procedure 200 continues by generating a Runtime XML document that contains information related to the target server and various roles that servers may perform (block 206). A user interface application then receives the Runtime XML document and obtains additional information from an administrator of the target server or another person (block 208). The procedure then generates an Output XML document (block 210) that contains the high level security policy for the target server or other similarly configured servers.
The procedure continues by identifying one or more server roles currently is enabled on the target server (block 404). A particular target server may have previously been acting as a server and, therefore, has certain server roles enabled. Procedure 400 enables the new roles contained in the policy on the target server (block 406). The procedure then determines whether any of the currently enabled roles on the target server should be disabled (block 408). This determination is based on information contained in the policy associated with the target server, such as "disable all other server roles" or "disable any file server or web server roles". If one or more roles on the target server need to be disabled, those roles are disabled at block 410. Finally, the procedure finishes configuration of the target server (block 412).
Based on the roles that are selected, the corresponding Service Names are enabled and the remaining services are disabled, thereby improving the security of the system. Since each active service provides a potential area for security failures, reducing the number of active services enhances security. "Extension IDs" inform the configuration engine what extension understands the data contained therein. For example, IPSec data can be passed to the IPSec extension for processing. "Filters" define the interface on which the packet filtering process will be implemented. "Port exemptions" and "Dynamic exemptions" identify the traffic that is allowed through the associated filter.
The following is an example of a transformed version of the Output XML file. This transformed version is generated by transformation module 118 and applied to a target server.
The computer and network architectures can be implemented with numerous other general purpose or special purpose computing system environments or configurations. Examples of well known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use include, but are not limited to, personal computers, server computers, thin clients, thick clients, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based systems, set top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, gaming consoles, distributed computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like.
The computing environment 700 includes a general-purpose computing system in the form of a computing device 702. The components of computing device 702 can include, but are not limited to, one or more processors 704 (e.g., any of microprocessors, controllers, and the like), a system memory 706, and a system bus 708 that couples various system components including the processor 704 to the system memory 706. The one or more processors 704 process various computer-executable instructions to control the operation of computing device 702 and to communicate with other electronic and computing devices.
The system bus 708 represents any number of several types of bus or switching structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, point-to-point connections, a switching fabric, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, such architectures can include an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, an Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and a Peripheral Component Interconnects (PCI) bus also known as a Mezzanine bus.
Computing environment 700 typically includes a variety of computer-readable media. Such media can be any available media that is accessible by computing device 702 and includes both volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. The system memory 706 includes computer-readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM) 710, and/or non-volatile memory, such as read only memory (ROM) 712. A basic input/output system (BIOS) 714, containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within computing device 702, such as during start-up, is stored in ROM 712. RAM 710 typically contains data and/or program modules that are immediately accessible to and/or presently operated on by the processing unit 704.
Computing device 702 can also include other removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage media. By way of example, a hard disk drive 716 is included for reading from and writing to a non-removable, non-volatile magnetic media (not shown), a magnetic disk drive 718 for reading from and writing to a removable, non-volatile magnetic disk 720 (e.g., a "floppy disk"), and an optical disk drive 722 for reading from and/or writing to a removable, non-volatile optical disk 724 such as a CD-ROM, DVD, or any other type of optical media. The hard disk drive 716, magnetic disk drive 718, and optical disk drive 722 are each connected to the system bus 708 by one or more data media interfaces 726. Alternatively, the hard disk drive 716, magnetic disk drive 718, and optical disk drive 722 can be connected to the system bus 708 by a SCSI interface (not shown).
The disk drives and their associated computer-readable media provide non-volatile storage of computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, and other data for computing device 702. Although the example illustrates a hard disk 716, a removable magnetic disk 720, and a removable optical disk 724, it is to be appreciated that other types of computer-readable media which can store data that is accessible by a computer, such as magnetic cassettes or other magnetic storage devices, flash memory cards, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, random access memories (RAM), read only memories (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), and the like, can also be utilized to implement the example computing system and environment.
Any number of program modules can be stored on the hard disk 716, magnetic disk 720, optical disk 724, ROM 712, and/or RAM 710, including by way of example, an operating system 726, one or more application programs 728, other program modules 730, and program data 732. Each of such operating system 726, one or more application programs 728, other program modules 730, and program data 732 (or some combination thereof) may include an embodiment of the systems and methods for a test instantiation system.
Computing device 702 can include a variety of computer-readable media identified as communication media. Communication media typically embodies computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. The term "modulated data signal" refers to a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared, and other wireless media. Combinations of any of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media.
A user can enter commands and information into computing device 702 via input devices such as a keyboard 734 and a pointing device 736 (e.g., a "mouse"). Other input devices 738 (not shown specifically) may include a microphone, joystick, game pad, controller, satellite dish, serial port, scanner, and/or the like. These and other input devices are connected to the processing unit 704 via input/output interfaces 740 that are coupled to the system bus 708, but may be connected by other interface and bus structures, such as a parallel port, game port, and/or a universal serial bus (USB).
A monitor 742 or other type of display device can also be connected to the system bus 708 via an interface, such as a video adapter 744. In addition to the monitor 742, other output peripheral devices can include components such as speakers (not shown) and a printer 746 which can be connected to computing device 702 via the input/output interfaces 740.
Computing device 702 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computing device 748. By way of example, the remote computing device 748 can be a personal computer, portable computer, a server, a router, a network computer, a peer device or other common network node, and the like. The remote computing device 748 is illustrated as a portable computer that can include many or all of the elements and features described herein relative to computing device 702.
Logical connections between computing device 702 and the remote computer 748 are depicted as a local area network (LAN) 750 and a general wide area network (WAN) 752. Such networking environments are commonplace in offices, enterprise-wide computer networks, intranets, and the Internet. When implemented in a LAN networking environment, the computing device 702 is connected to a local network 750 via a network interface or adapter 754. When implemented in a WAN networking environment, the computing device 702 typically includes a modem 756 or other means for establishing communications over the wide network 752. The modem 756, which can be internal or external to computing device 702, can be connected to the system bus 708 via the input/output interfaces 740 or other appropriate mechanisms. It is to be appreciated that the illustrated network connections are exemplary and that other means of establishing communication link(s) between the computing devices 702 and 748 can be employed.
In a networked environment, such as that illustrated with computing environment 700, program modules depicted relative to the computing device 702, or portions thereof, may be stored in a remote memory storage device. By way of example, remote application programs 758 reside on a memory device of remote computing device 748. For purposes of illustration, application programs and other executable program components, such as the operating system, are illustrated herein as discrete blocks, although it is recognized that such programs and components reside at various times in different storage components of the computer system 702, and are executed by the data processor(s) of the computer.
Particular examples discussed herein relate to creating a security policy and configuring a server with that security policy. Similar procedures can be used to modify existing security policies, apply an existing security policy to another server, or analyze a server for compliance with a particular security policy.
Although the description above uses language that is specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the invention defined in the appended claims is not limited to the specific features or acts described. Rather, the specific features and acts are disclosed as exemplary forms of implementing the invention.
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