“This week, a few of the good articles include “Passive Analysis
of SSH Secure Shell) Traffic,” “Understanding stealth scans:
Forewarned is forearmed,” “Realisic Expectations for Intrusion
Detection Systems,” and “A Brief Comparison of Email Encryption
Protocols.”
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newsletter. The purpose of this document is to provide our readers
with a quick summary of each week’s most relevant Linux security
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“This week, advisories were released for slrn, cups, mutt,
icecast, imap, sgml-tools, and licq. The vendors include Conectiva,
Mandrake, and Trusix. Although this week has been slow, if you are
using any of these distributions, please take the necessary time to
patch your system.”
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