Linux Security: Hacks From Pax: A Linux Security Look To The Future

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 19, 2006

“Hi, and welcome back. Today in Hacks From Pax we’re going to
shift gears a little, step back for a higher level view and talk
about the year in security from a Linux standpoint, both the good
and the bad, and have a brief discussion of trends for the coming
year.

“The holidays are over, the New Year has begun, and Santa (or
someone much more sinister) has brought a late present for our
Windows using colleagues in the form of a 0 day vulnerability
exploiting a flaw in the WMF windows media file format. Luckily we
Linux users are mature enough not to gloat. Most of us,
anyway…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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