Linux Security News

[J. Francois]

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INFORMATIONWEEK: OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE UNSAFE

"Asking questions about Linux's security features can bring a
stream of hotly disputed and widely varying responses."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?IWK20000306S0038

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SECURITY PORTAL: UNIX (AND LINUX ESPECIALLY) VIRUSES - THE
REAL STORY

"There's been a lot of fooferaw about UNIX viruses recently,
and more specifically Linux viruses. A lot of it is complete
garbage. Many of these articles seem to have gotten a hold of
virus experts, which is good, but it seems these virus experts
generally have little knowledge of UNIX."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://securityportal.com/direct.cgi?/closet/closet20000308.html

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RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORY: NEW NMH PACKAGES AVAILABLE

New nmh packages are available to fix a security problem in
mime header parsing.

COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=17984

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ROOTPROMPT.ORG: KNOW YOUR ENEMY: II - TRACKING THE MOVEMENTS
OF A SCRIPT KIDDIE

"This article focuses on intelligence gathering. Specifically,
how to figure out what the enemy is doing by reviewing your
system logs. You will be surprised how much information you
will find in your own log files."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=167


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