Beside providing a “surgical strike” response to an attack, network configuration management systems enable easy evaluation of collateral impact. For example, if the primary option is to block a ...

(1) In a network, a system for gathering current configuration information from all nodes in a LAN. (2) In software development, a system for keeping track of large projects. Although version control, ...

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I was proudly wearing one of my Salt Stack shirts the other day when my daughter asked me, "What is Salt Stack?" I began by explaining the problem it solved. If you have multiple servers and want to ...

The frenzy of activity triggered by a network attack requires a new approach to threat management, one that makes the network and its resources a partner in its own defense and allows security and ...

While some of the terminology used to describe the world of software configuration management can be quite foggy, the fundamental importance of configuration management to development is crystal clear ...

For example, the enterprise might want to patch security vulnerabilities, improve performance of a software configuration, etc. Note that increased cloud provisioning and automation may require ...