LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Security Week, August 7, 2000 | Linux Today

LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Security Week, August 7, 2000

Written By
DW
Dave Wreski
Aug 7, 2000

For this week, advisories for mailman, netscape, cvsweb,
kon2, and pam_console. Of these, remote root vulnerabilities are
present in cvsweb and kon2.

“Our feature for this week is an article discussing the US and
UK governments want to install a device on public networks to
monitor traffic for suspected criminal activities by Chris Parker.
The article discusses both FBI’s Carnivore email surveillance
system and the RIP Bill that has recently been passed in the
UK.”

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DW

Dave Wreski

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