Finally, the plan makes multi-factor authentication available to website owners for the cost of adding a few lines of software to their server code.

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Last month Apple announced it was releasing to developers source code for a few key components of its Mac OS X Server operating system.

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The Linux Foundation's primary backer for the alternative OS efforts, Parallels' server CTO James Bottomley, has revealed that Microsoft's requirements for signed, Secure Boot-ready code are tough if developers aren't entirely onboard its train of thought.

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