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SSH Secure Shell 2.1 Available

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Secure Shell protects Internet servers against the most common break-in method used by hackers -- stealing passwords from the Internet. The product encrypts passwords and all data transmitted between the user and host server over the Internet. SSH Secure Shell . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 31, 2000

Trial Date Set in DECESS Case

"The importance of the fight against the MPAA and the DVD Copy Control Association was underlined this week with the hiring of the legal team of Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein, and Selz to represent 2600. Martin Garbus, who will . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 24, 2000

Cryptic Response: Obstacles to Cryptographic Code Exportation Lifting

Since Linux has always been Open Source software, freely available on the Internet to all comers, the encryption software necessary to its security has been both a blessing and a curse. At its best, encryption software protects the OS from . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 24, 2000

National Fraud Center: Internet is driving identity theft

For all its promise, Internet commerce is also fostering a boom in the number of criminals using false identification to perpetrate a smorgasbord of crimes, according to a report released Thursday by the National Fraud Center. "The Internet takes . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 21, 2000

Teen Science Is Serious Business

Here is an interesting story..."On Monday, Risca was awarded a $100,000 scholarship for taking first place in the Intel Science Talent Search for her project called "DNA-Based Steganography," which combined the disciplines of cryptography, steganography, and molecular computing. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 16, 2000

Bruce Schneier's CryptoGram

This month Bruce Schneier talks about Kerberos and Windows 2000, Software as a Burglary Tool, news on the DES replacement, a Business Week interview, and comments from readers. This newsletter is always worth reading. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 15, 2000

Digital certificates tighten Web and e-commerce security

"Certificates and public key cryptography are emerging as the preferred enablers of strong security. Many large organisations will deploy public key cryptography and certificates throughout the company in the next few years." . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 15, 2000

China Eases Rules On Encryption

"BEIJING -- China has eased tough new restrictions on encryption technology, announcing that a vast category of consumer software and equipment -- including mobile phones and Microsoft's Windows operating system -- would be exempt from the rules. " . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 14, 2000

China Lightens Up On Encryption Rules

A Reuters report today said the government agency responsible for enforcing Internet rules has exempted a wide range of consumer software and equipment -- including mobile phones and Microsoft Windows, and added it would not insist on keeping trusteeship of . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 13, 2000

French Banks Hacked

"An unknown hacker or group of hackers caused havoc in French banking circles late this week after the 96-digit encryption algorithm underlying the Cartes Bancaires system was posted on the Internet. Some sources suggest that the code was posted to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 12, 2000

tinc Virtual Private Network daemon

tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunneling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet. Because the tunnel appears to the IP level network code as a normal network device, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 10, 2000

NetScreen Has Net Data Center Security System

This appears to be one hell of a box. "Netscreen Technologies on Monday will introduce the first gigabit security appliance. Called the NetScreen-1000 Gigabit Security System, the product is designed for high-bandwidth, high-capacity e-businesses and enterprises, as well . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 10, 2000

Mozilla Crypto Released

... "Enabled in these initial builds are SSL, the Security Advisor, and IMAPS. Signed mail and encrypted mail are not yet implemented." [Found on slashdot] . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 09, 2000

Opposition Against Encryption Bill

A wave of media-led resentment against the proposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) bill, which critics say will give the government the all-clear to monitor private e-mail and mobile phone conversations, has started rising. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 09, 2000

OpenSSH v1.2.3 Released

OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH suite of network connectivity tools that increasing numbers of people on the Internet are coming to rely on. Many users of telnet, rlogin, ftp, and other such programs might not realize that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 07, 2000

UK Crypto Law a Key Issue

Alan Docherty of wired writes...LONDON -- Law enforcement officials speaking to the House of Commons said criminals were using the Internet and without new powers those crimes would go undetected by police. Their comments came Monday a home . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 07, 2000

Installing GNU Privacy Guard

Here's a good article on installing and using GnuPG, the freely-available and patent-free PGP replacement that can be used to encrypt email and other sensitive information. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 06, 2000

Linux Encryption HOWTO

How to set up a Linux 2.2 system to use encryption in both disk and network accesses. This document describes how you can use the International Kernel Patch and other packages to make harddisk contents and network traffic inaccessible to . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 02, 2000

IBM obtains approval to ship PCs with 256bit security.

"IBM Wednesday will announce that it has obtained approval from the U.S. government to sell business computers with 256-bit digital key encryption globally. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 01, 2000

Free Crypto Offered to Schools

"While federal investigators continue their hunt for the folks behind the recent denial-of-service attacks that crippled some of the Internet's biggest players, security companies are plying their wares with a vengeance." . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 28, 2000

Abyss Locker Ransomware Targets Linux & Windows Users

Linux Foundation Joins Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance

New Decryption Key Available for Babuk Tortilla Ransomware Victims