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Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, without Make's wrinkles and with the full portability of pure Java code.

According to Ant's original author, James Duncan Davidson, the name is an acronym for "Another Neat Tool".

Later explanations go along the lines of "ants do an extremely good job at building things", or "ants are very small and can carry a weight dozens of times their own" - describing what Ant is intended to be.

Building cross platform apps (like the VaultletSuite 2 Go) with Java requires an easy to use automation tool. Ant fits the bill for me!

The Bastille Hardening program "locks down" an operating system, proactively configuring the system for increased security and decreasing its susceptibility to compromise. Bastille can also assess a system's current state of hardening, granularly reporting on each of the security settings with which it works.

Quite simply, this makes securing a Linux box a simple, educational process. And it's free!

Fugu is an open-source native Mac OS X front-end for OpenSSH’s commandline sftp client, featuring secure drag-and-drop file transfers, an intuitive user interface, secure copy service, and the ability to create ssh tunnels.

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