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VShell Secure Shell Server: Secure replacement for telnet and FTP. VShell Secure Shell Server has long been considered a secure replacement for telnet and FTP. It provides SSH2 security to replace telnet and SFTP to replace FTP. Version 2.6 adds support for FIPS 140-2, a data security and integrity spec. There are fewer reasons than […]

How do the feature sets of the enterprise versions of these similarly priced, multiplatform instant messaging servers compare?

How do these multiplatform IM servers stack up against one another?

ChatBlazer: Cross-platform Flash-based chat system. ChatBlazer is a secure chat server available as both a hosted solution and an installed server. It shines brightest on the client side, where it deploys as a Flash-based interface. E-mail may still be considered the killer app of the Internet age, but live chat isn’t far behind. Today, live […]

MDaemon bills itself as an alternative to Microsoft Exchange. Feature-to-feature, how does it compare?

Merak Linux Mail Server: High-performance, Linux-based e-mail server supported by a suite of products with anti-spam, anti-virus, FTP, IM, groupware, and WebMail capabilities. Taking on the Linux world with an e-mail server that is neither open source nor free in any sense of the word is a risky endeavor. IceWarp is diving in with a […]

Exchange is often considered the gold standard to which all other messaging servers are compared. How does Linux-powered Open-Xchange stack up?

If you’re looking for a Linux-based mail server that is also part of a collaborative environment, consider these moderately priced products.

The clock is ticking. The deadline for nominations for the 2006 ServerWatch Product Excellence awards is 11:59 tonight.

All my Mac POP clients are working fine, except one that started failing yesterday … In his Eudora, I get an error message about arguments being incorrect. The only mention in Technet to this error is just something that is fixed in SP3, which we’re already on.

Program Changes Some minor enhancements have also been added to the programs that support the Apache httpd server. The first, the addition of a new command line option to httpd, should simplify the debugging of module availability. It was always possible to list the modules built into the httpd runtime using the -l command line […]

FreeBSD: BSD flavor best-known for its focus on performance and security. If you’ve been tempted to dip your toes in the BSD waters, consider FreeBSD 6.0. The latest version of the venerable operating system provides the rock-solid stability for which FreeBSD is known, along with a host of new features. FreeBSD is an enterprise-grade operating […]