+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | LinuxSecurity.com Weekly Newsletter | | March 15th, 2004 Volume 5, Number 11n | | | | Editorial Team: Dave Wreski dave@private | | Benjamin Thomas ben@private | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Thank you for reading the LinuxSecurity.com weekly security newsletter. The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of each week's most relevant Linux security headlines. This week, perhaps the most interesting articles include "Rumors of Third Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Prove Unfounded," "VLANs on Linux," and "Open Source Gets Serious: A New Window on Linux." ---- >> Bulletproof Virus Protection << Protect your network from costly security breaches with Guardian Digitals multi-faceted security applications. More then just an email firewall, on demand and scheduled scanning detects and disinfects viruses found on the network. http://ads.linuxsecurity.com/cgi-bin/newad_redirect.pl?id=gdn04 ---- LINUX ADVISORY WATCH: This week, advisories were released for the Linux kernel, sysstat, mailman, coreutils, libxml2, mozilla, and kdelibs. The distributors include Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mandrake, OpenBSD, Red Hat, and Trustix. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/forums_article-9035.html Interview with Vincenzo Ciaglia, Founder of Netwosix - In this article, a brief introduction of Netwosix is given and the project founder Vincenzo Ciaglia is interviewed. Netwosix is light Linux distribution for system administrators and advanced users. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feature_story-160.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Guardian Digital Launches Next Generation EnGarde Secure Linux Guardian Digital, Inc., the world's premier open source security company, announced an update to the next generation, award-winning platform that delivers features designed to ease the process of building a complete Internet presence and the level of security necessary to prevent system compromise. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feature_story-159.html --> Take advantage of the LinuxSecurity.com Quick Reference Card! --> http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/QuickRefCard.pdf +---------------------+ | Host Security News: | <<-----[ Articles This Week ]---------- +---------------------+ * Guardian Digital Upgrades Secure Mail Suite March 11th, 2004 The 3.0 version of Secure Mail Suite from Guardian Digital, which builds Internet security products from open source software, adds the Content and Policy Enforcement engine that addresses user privacy, spam and virus protection, corporate policy enforcement and content analysis. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/vendors_products_article-9034.html * Delivering better security, telephony, and privacy March 10th, 2004 The new Linux 2.6 kernel offers many improvements over the 2.4 version. One area of technical advancement is in the kernel networking options. Although there are enhancements in most of the files associated with the networking options, this article focuses on major feature improvements and additions that affect entire sections rather than on specific files. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/host_security_article-9028.html * Rumors of Third Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Prove Unfounded March 10th, 2004 A story published yesterday by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com incorrectly reported that a third mremap vulnerability had been discovered in the Linux kernel. Separate and unrelated flaws had been reported in the memory management system call in January and February. On March 1, researcher Paul Starzetz released an update to his initial advisory that a robust proof-of-concept exploit code had been produced for the flaw detailed in February. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/host_security_article-9025.html * Security One Step at a Time March 9th, 2004 As I write this, yet another e-mail worm is spreading among non-Linux computers and incidentally filling my mailbox with "YOU HAVE A VIRUS" bounces from dumb software that somehow doesn't yet get the concept that worms forge mail. There's nothing like a worm attack that spares Linux to bring out the smug superiority in Linux users. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/server_security_article-9016.html * Linux meets enterprise server challenge March 8th, 2004 Government officials are beginning to sit up and take notice of the Linux operating system. A few years ago, Linux began appearing in data centers as information technology professionals discovered that the open-source operating system could easily tackle basic network tasks -- such as Web, file and print serving -- more cost-effectively than its commercial counterparts. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/government_article-9010.html +------------------------+ | Network Security News: | +------------------------+ * Understanding Firewalls March 11th, 2004 Understanding Firewalls anything can access your computer at any time, your computer is more susceptible to being attacked. You can restrict outside access to your computer and the information on it with a firewall. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/firewalls_article-9031.html * VLANs on Linux March 11th, 2004 To begin, we must have a more formal definition of what a LAN is. LAN stands for local area network. Hubs and switches usually are thought of as participating in a single LAN. Normally, if you connect two computers to the same hub or switch, they are on the same LAN. Likewise, if you connect two switches together, they are both on the same LAN. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/network_security_article-9029.html * Symbiot launches DDoS counter-strike tool March 11th, 2004 Security company Symbiot is about to launch a product that can hit back at hackers and DDoS attacks by lashing out with its own arsenal of tricks, but experts say it may just be a bit too trigger-happy Symbiot, a Texas-based security firm, is preparing to launch a corporate defence system at the end of March that can fight back against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and hacker attacks by launching a counter-strike. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/network_security_article-9032.html +------------------------+ | General Security News: | +------------------------+ * Open-source gets serious: A new window on Linux March 11th, 2004 Thanks to its streamlined and relatively secure core, the Linux operating system has gradually been winning a place on servers in federal agencies. Now Linux is making inroads on desktop PCs as well, territory that has long been ruled by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/general_article-9030.html * Infosecurity Europe 2004 March 10th, 2004 Infosecurity Europe 2004 opens its doorsto over 10,000 buyers and sellers in IT Security. Infosecurity Europe provides theultimate forumfor sourcing opportunities, information updates and free educational forums, tackling the key technology issues set to affect your business. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/organizations_events_article-9026.html * Survey: CIOs Say Security Is Top Priority March 9th, 2004 Chief information officers (CIOs) at enterprises worldwide remain cautious about boosting their technology spending, and the money they do spend will concentrate on security and business intelligence, said a survey released Tuesday. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/general_article-9021.html * Is password-lending a cybercrime? March 8th, 2004 In a little-observed civil lawsuit involving tracking of magazine subscriptions, a federal court in Manhattan issued a ruling last week that could theoretically result in prosecutors going after people who use another person's password and userid with their permission, but without the permission of the issuer. http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/government_article-9014.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Distributed by: Guardian Digital, Inc. LinuxSecurity.com To unsubscribe email newsletter-request@private with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo@private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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