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Security Linux News for Jan 17, 2000
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Federal Computer Week: NSA grapples with Linux security (Jan 17, 2000, 22:57)
"The National Security Agency, the super-secret arm of the
Defense Department responsible for signals intelligence and
information systems security, last week tapped Secure Computing
Corp. to develop a secure version of the Linux operating
system."
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Byte.com: Prepping A SOHO IP Network To Connect To The Net (Jan 17, 2000, 20:38)
"Over the past six months, I have described how to build your
own Linux gateway so you can link your home or office network to
the Internet. This month, I have prepared another distribution
diskette (that you can download from my Web server). I have added a
Client DHCP daemon for cable and DSL modems, a Web Server (thttpd),
and a professional FTP server (proftpd)."
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Elliot Turner: Security Portal Article Paints an Incorrect Picture of Intrusion Detection Technology (Jan 17, 2000, 20:06)
"Having been heavily involved in NIDS development for the past
four years, I become concerned when statements are made that may
result in public misconception. Because of this, I have written a
few short comments on the points that Mr. Seifried covers in his
column."
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Security Portal: Linux vs Microsoft: Who solves security problems faster? (Jan 17, 2000, 17:08)
"It is an article of faith among Open Source software advocates
that the freely available source code of Linux makes it easier to
identify and patch bugs than Closed Source software and hence
provide greater overall systems security. But is there factual
evidence behind this, or is it just a theory?"
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MSNBC: Microsoft certificate bug crashes Netscape browser (Jan 17, 2000, 02:30)
"A recently discovered digital certificate bug in Microsoft
Internet Information Server (IIS) causes Netscape Communicator 4.7
browsers to crash while negotiating encryption key lengths with
affected Microsoft servers."
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InfoWorld-Window Manager: You may be surprised by my Product of the Year (Jan 17, 2000, 02:21)
"Linux wins because it's challenging Microsoft's No. 1 server
software position."
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