Choosing Open Source gets you more – a whole lot more. That is especially true for the state, which gains flexibility, independence, added security, and, above all, better synergies within and between different state organizations by actively giving preference to and promoting the use of Open Source software. This avoids double expenditure and counters the risk of incompatibilities; Open Source effectively renders the state more efficient.
The well-known project management solution OpenProject is now available via the Univention App Center. The application offers a powerful feature set that enables project teams to efficiently plan, steer and communicate within projects: such as:
As many software companies move their products to cloud-based offerings, the question comes up: where is the difference between supporting cloud-based products and supporting on-premise products? Talking to customers and partners over the last couple of months I’ve made some notices which I want to share with you.
Through the integration of the software Samba in Univention Corporate Server we provide you with Microsoft Windows Services.
In this video we like to explain you the basic concept behind the software Samba in UCS and present you two of the most widely used UCS extensions. These are the Microsoft Active Directory compatible domain controller and the Windows compatible member server.
Our App Center now offers m23, a browser-based software distribution solution for Linux clients. Using m23 you can easily roll out software on your Linux clients and manage them. No matter whether you have to manage only a few clients and servers or a large number.
For installing and managing your Linux clients you can choose from many auto-configured desktop environments and thousands of software packages such as Office, graphic tools, and server applications.
Further functions of m23 are, among others:
The critical security gap known under the name “Badlock“, which had been discovered by Samba developers within the Samba software but also within Windows, also concerns the Samba software integrated in UCS.
We are happy to now provide you with an erratum update for all UCS versions that are in maintenance. Please update your UCS installation for this using one of the three following procedures:
With Univention Corporate Server 4.0-5 Univention publishes the fifth point release of UCS 4.0. Thanks to an update of the Linux kernel to 3.16.7-ckt20 this version includes various stability and security updates. In addition, the standard integration of a Nagios plug-in monitors the synchronization between OpenLDAP and Samba 4. Further, diverse updates as to scope of function and performance were carried out in the areas of directory service replication, mail server, proxy server and the synchronization of printer GPO objects.
How to back up data from Linux and Windows machines centrally with Bareos and restore them in case of disaster.
Performing periodic backups in computer networks is indispensable. In times of Locky and other ransomware backups are often the only option left to regain access to your data. Nevertheless, for backups to be effective against these types of threats, a number of aspects have to be considered.
Apple is fundamentally against creating a backdoor allowing US authorities to bypass smartphone encryption. However, companies alone deciding whether backdoors are acceptable will not result in increased data security for us. We need open encryption mechanisms which can also be modified by users in case of doubt.
