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Security Linux News for Mar 31, 2001
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LinuxSecurity.com: Getting Started with Tripwire (Mar 31, 2001, 22:06)
"A crude yet effective intrusion detection system such as
Tripwire can alert systems administrators to possible intrusion
attempts by periodically verifying the integrity of a server's file
systems. Systems intruders will often use trojan binaries for
login, su, ps, and ls, etc. to cover their tracks and keep a low
profile on the system.
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LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde Secure Linux Quick Start Guide (Mar 31, 2001, 21:30)
"This EnGarde Quick Start guide is designed to help you quickly
set up EnGarde Secure Linux, change user passwords, and manage
certificates. Although this document is sufficient, we recommend
you read the complete user manual for a full understanding of the
system."
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IBM developerWorks: The security implications of open source software (Mar 31, 2001, 20:30)
"What, then, about the security of open source software? Open
source software, by definition, is any program or application that
is freely distributed, non-platform specific -- and in which the
programming code is open and visible. All else being equal, isn't a
closed program more secure than an open one?"
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LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Advisory Watch - March 30th 2001 (Mar 31, 2001, 19:00)
"This week advisories were released for licq, sgml-tools,
openssh, kerberos, vim, joe, and eperl. The vendors include
Conectiva, Immunix, Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE, and Trustix. Please
take the necessary time to patch your system. Security requires
persistence."
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Troubleshooters.com: The Windows to Linux Conversion
(Mar 31, 2001, 13:47)
"It's very tempting to take the course of least resistance and
stick with Windows. On the desktop, at least, that was a tempting
alternative even for my small company. Sure, Windows crashed all
the time, but is moving Troubleshooters.Com to a Linux desktop
worth 40 hours of my labor? That's about what it took. Believe me,
spending $400 or whatever on Windows 2000 would have been cheap. So
why did I switch?"
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