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Samba Team Releases Samba 3.2 The Samba Team is proud to announce the release of Samba 3.2, a major new release of the award-winning Free Software file and print server suite for Microsoft Windows clients. Announcement within. (Jul 1, 2008)
Linux Today Features
Sidux, a Great Alternative to Ubuntu LinuxPlanet: "Sidux announced a brand-new release on June 26, Sidux 2008-02, so we're going to kick the tires and take it for a drive, and see what sets it apart from other children of Debian..." (Jul 5, 2008)
Encrypt The System Manually Upon Installation (Ubuntu 8.04) (Jul 20, 2008, 13:30 UTC) (687 reads)
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(feedback) HowtoForge: "Another howto by me concerning encryption. However this one will be pretty intense on graphics. I have a step-by-step guide on how to do a manual full encryption of the system."
Piracy and Malware - Pfft! (Jul 17, 2008, 20:15 UTC) (1335 reads)
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(feedback) Brendan Scott's Weblog "A variant of this argument is that the downloads expose the kids to evil pornographers. Therefore piracy is bad and the government should pass laws to stop it."
SECURITY: Debunking the Linux Virus Myth (Jul 17, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (2726 reads)
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(feedback) MYLRO.org: "There are numerous reasons why a Linux PC is more secure from malicious software than a Windows PC. The most obvious is the way a user interacts with his operating system. Virus and worm writers make heavy use of social engineering to trick users into opening a file. One day you receive an attachment disguised as an image that promises you a heaven of naked movie stars, and without thinking twice, you click and open."
Trend Micro: Antivirus Industry Lied for 20 Years (Jul 16, 2008, 18:14 UTC) (3351 reads)
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(feedback) ZDNet: "In the antivirus business, we have been lying to customers for 20 years. People thought that virus protection protected them, but we can never block all viruses. Antivirus refresh used to be every 24 hours. People would usually get infected in that time and the industry would clean them up with a new pattern file."
Firefox 2.0.0.16 Today; 3.0.1 Tomorrow? (Jul 16, 2008, 17:30 UTC) (1506 reads)
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(feedback) Internet News: "Barely two weeks after Mozilla patched Firefox to version 2.0.0.15, the 2.0.0.16 version is out patching a pair of critical flaws. Users of the newer Firefox 3.x version however will have to wait until later today to get their fixes in the 3.0.1 update. Both Firefox 2.x and 3.x are at risk from the same two flaws."
SECURITY: Kernel Vulnerability in Ubuntu 8.04, 7.10, 7.04 and 6.06 LTS (Jul 16, 2008, 14:51 UTC) (1796 reads)
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(feedback) Softpedia: "A security vulnerability was discovered yesterday in the Linux kernel packages of the Ubuntu 8.04, 7.10, 7.04 and 6.06 LTS distributions (also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu). This kernel vulnerability could lead to DoS (Denial of Service) attacks and loss of privacy."
SECURITY: Flaws Found in BSD, Linux Software Updaters (Jul 15, 2008, 21:15 UTC) (1789 reads)
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(feedback) ZDNet: "The software update mechanisms used by most BSD and Linux operating systems can be tricked into installing buggy or known-to-be-compromised software on users' systems, creating serious security risks, according to new research."
Fedora's FreeIPA Offers Identity, Security Services (Jul 13, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (1737 reads)
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(feedback) LinuxWorld: "Fedora 9, released last month, included the first release of FreeIPA, a new free/open source project that comes out of Red Hat with the goal of becoming a complete and integrated security information management solution..."
SECURITY: Preventing DNS Poisoning in Linux (Jul 12, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (3622 reads)
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(feedback) Practical Technology: "...[L]et me repeat what Paul Mockapetris, DNS' (Domain Name System) inventor, had to say about this security hole: Patch your DNS servers right now..."
Reminder: Physical Access = Root Access (Jul 10, 2008, 20:15 UTC) (2881 reads)
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(feedback) The Open Source Advocate: "Today I needed to reset a password on an Ubuntu system. While doing this, I was reminded of just how simple it is to get root access on a default install of Ubuntu..."
SECURITY: UnConfusing The Issue Of Disabling Root On Linux or Unix (Jul 7, 2008, 07:30 UTC) (2246 reads)
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(feedback) The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Loosely following up on a few previous posts regarding securing Linux and Unix and even more fun with Unix and Linux security, today we're going to look at something vaguely security-related, and also vaguely scary..."
Easily Track Intrusion Attempts on Your Web Site (Jul 1, 2008, 02:00 UTC) (1626 reads)
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(feedback) DeveloperWorks: "Detect intrusions, and prevent attacks from ruining your Web designs and application programming using Snort, a free and open source Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS) and Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) tool. In the first article in this series, you installed Snort and made sure it could detect packets, log traffic, and be prepared to detect intrusions. In this article, learn what the data inside those packets means, and how you can use that data to infer whether attacks are occurring and alert system administrators to those attacks."
Ubuntu's Role in Bug Management for the Whole Free Software Stack (Jun 27, 2008, 16:30 UTC) (2360 reads)
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(feedback) here be dragons: "A distribution occupies a very specific niche in the free software ecosystem. Among other things, we need to accept some responsibility for ALL the software defects ('bugs') that users actually experience across the entire stack..."
SECURITY: Linux Security: Easy as 1-2-3 (Jun 27, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (2851 reads)
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(feedback) Enterprise Networking Planet: "But you can certainly beef up the security of a given Linux system to make it more secure than it would otherwise be--while still enabling it to do its job--and it's that process, known as hardening, that is the subject of this article..."
SECURITY: Open-Source Smart Card Project Launched (Jun 25, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (1649 reads)
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(feedback) Computerworld UK: "A Dutch charity is funding an open-source project to design smart card software that offers stronger protection of personal data in light of security vulnerabilities found with cards used today..."
My Linux Box is INFECTED! (Jun 10, 2008, 03:45 UTC) (6677 reads)
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(feedback) Blog of Helios: "Hey, I wasn't doing anything a million other websurfers weren't doing... all I wanted was a link to a live webcam somewhere in Felton California..."
SECURITY: SSL with Firefox 3 (Jun 6, 2008, 20:15 UTC) (3331 reads)
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(feedback) Join the Revolution!: "For me this is a very exciting event and a great opportunity to show you which changes and improvements will effect us, specially in relation to SSL secured web sites..."
SECURITY: Surprise ARP Attack Draws Attention (Jun 6, 2008, 16:30 UTC) (2533 reads)
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(feedback) Computerworld Australia: "In the recently reported attack, H D Moore's Metasploit Project had all Internet traffic redirected to a defaced page, announcing that a group called sunwear had hacked the site for fun..."
Barracuda Tries to Gobble-Up SourceFire (Jun 3, 2008, 15:00 UTC) (1751 reads)
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(feedback) Socialized Software: "Over the last few years there has been a lot of fanfare around open source companies and their liquidation events..."
SECURITY: When Snort is Not Enough (Jun 3, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (2476 reads)
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(feedback) SearchSecurityChannel: "As an independent security consultant I offered a course to customers called Network Security Operations, which covered network-centric intrusion detection, response and forensics..."
SECURITY: Locking Down ssh Authorized Keys (Jun 2, 2008, 06:00 UTC) (3608 reads)
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(feedback) Joey Shy Jo: "The way .ssh/authorized_keys is typically used is not secure. Because using it securely is hard, and dumping in passwordless ssh keys is easy..."
SECURITY: Samba Dinged by 'Highly Critical' Flaw (May 29, 2008, 12:45 UTC) (3815 reads)
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(feedback) Zero Day: "Researchers at Secunia have flagged a 'highly critical' vulnerability in Samba, the widely deployed open-source software for networked file sharing and printing..."
The Problem(s) with OpenID (May 27, 2008, 19:30 UTC) (2305 reads)
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(feedback) The Identity Corner: "On occasion, my colleagues and I are asked whether Credentica is working to ensure that our innovative technology for user-centric identity management will work with OpenID..."
SECURITY: Updating Debian Keys for the Uninterested (May 24, 2008, 04:00 UTC) (3949 reads)
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(feedback) Free Software Magazine: "Despite having an aversion to configuring and maintaining security and crypto software, I accepted that I had to update my system in response to the recent big Debian security problem..."
SECURITY: Homeland Security Helps Reduce Open Source Flaws (May 20, 2008, 14:15 UTC) (2268 reads)
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(feedback) internetnews.com: "Nearly two and a half years ago, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a multi-year grant to help improve open source code quality. It appears that the DHS investment has paid off..."
SECURITY: Spoofing SSL in Firefox 3 (May 20, 2008, 12:45 UTC) (4334 reads)
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(feedback) Join the Revolution!: "One such reason could be the ease somebody can spoof the secure mode indicator of secured sites, especially on the Linux platform..."
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