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Security Portal: The Weak Link

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 28, 2001

“Are you the weak link in the chain for Linux security within
your organization? If you’re responsible for managing a Linux
system and have not made essential updates, you’re asking for
trouble. You may not think much of the new Ramen worm right now,
but you will after reading this article.”

“The Ramen worm takes advantage of several well-known
vulnerabilities on Linux servers using default installations of Red
Hat’s Linux 6.2 and 7.0….”

“Even though updates have been available for months to fix known
vulnerabilities, Ramen has successfully propagated in the
wild.”

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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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