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Sendmail, Inc. Introduces Secure Switch

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Secure Switch provides state of the art server-to-server encryption technology so businesses can now safely use the Internet for transmitting sensitive information to partners, suppliers and employees. By automatically encrypting the SMTP connection between trusted servers, end users are freed . . .

Sendmail 8.10 Security Features

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The general link above points to the new features in "the most powerful open source sendmail release ever". This link talks about the new general security features, and this one talks about the new anti-spam features. . . .

Apache 1.3.12 Released

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The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.12 of the Apache HTTP server. The primary changes in this version of Apache are those related to the ``cross site scripting'' . . .

ITS4 software security scanner

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John Viega posted the following message to bugtraq announcing a new security auditing tool. "I've put together a command-line tool for statically scanning C and C++ source code for security vulnerabilities. The tool is . . .

FBI Hacker Caseload Multiplies

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The E-Commerce Times writes, "The rash of hacker attacks against Web sites continued this week, directed mainly against e-commerce sites, and the FBI reportedly is now investigating a total of 17 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) intrusions." . . .

Hackers Hit Biotech Site

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ZDNet writes, "A suspected computer hacker boosted the stock of Aastrom Biosciences Inc. on Thursday by posting a fake press release on the company's Web site announcing a merger with California biopharmaceutical company Geron Corp." . . .

Solaris and Linux Vulnerable to Attack

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Sherman Fridman writes ... "Responding to the recent flurry of incapacitating attacks on various major Web sites such as Yahoo and eBay, Network Associates, Inc., has launched a new business-to-business service called myCIO.com which allows enterprises to click on to . . .

Yahoo Attacked!

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I think most of us probably noticed Yahoo.com being down today. I didn't believe it until I did three seperate traceroutes from three different hosts with Internet backbone connections. Johnathan Dube writes ... "Yahoo! came under attack today and . . .