LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Security Week - April 16th 2001 | Linux Today

LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Security Week – April 16th 2001

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 16, 2001

[ Thanks to Benjamin
D. Thomas
for this link. ]

This week, the interesting articles include, “Make SSH do more,”
“Tools and Their Signatures, Part One: bind8x.c,” and “Using
Certificate Revocation Lists.” Also, today the i386 version of
EnGarde Secure Linux v1.0.1 will be available for download. Please
see EngardeLinux.org to download it.

FEATURE STORY: Using GnuPG with Pine for Secure E-Mail Many
people have no problems sending sensitive data via e-mail. Most of
us do not know how easy it is for anybody to read it. Just because
somebody holds the title of “Systems Administrator” does not mean
they can be trusted. What is stopping them from reading your
e-mail? Nothing. This is where PGP comes in; it is easy-to-use
encryption meant for the common person.

This week, advisories were released for xntp3, ntpd, vim, mailx,
kernel, pine, netscape, and mc. The vendors include Conectiva,
Caldera, Debian, EnGarde, Immunix, Mandrake, NetBSD, Progeny, Red
Hat, Slackware, SuSE, and Trustix.

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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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