LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Security Week, August 21, 2000 | Linux Today

LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Security Week, August 21, 2000

Written By
DW
Dave Wreski
Aug 22, 2000

“This week, advisories for xlockmore, zope, apache-ssl, cvsweb,
dhclient, perl, proftpd, and ntop were released. Of these, proftpd,
dhclient and perl have root vulnerabilities.”

“The big news in Linux this week is the LinuxWorld Expo in San
Jose, CA. This year’s LinuxWorld was the biggest to date and many
new products were released, including the Linux Lockbox from
Guardian Digital, the primary sponsors of LinuxSecurity.com. The
Linux Lockbox is the first complete open-source alternative to
proprietary security solutions for e-business….”

“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 and system advisories.

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DW

Dave Wreski

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