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Snort Sniffs Out a Commercial Future

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The creator of the popular open source intrusion detection system gets megabucks in venture capital for a Snort start-up. The commercial potential of open source security products won a financial vote of confidence last week when the author of the hacker-busting . . .

Myth of storage security savaged

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Storage security will become an "imperative" this year as the adoption of Internet technologies undermines the comforting notion that storage networks are safe from hacker attacks. In an analysis of storage security, the Yankee Group concludes that security will become an . . .

Yellow Dog Releases Numerous Security Fixes

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Dan Burcaw of the Yellow Dog Linux distribution announced today that several security vulnerabilities were inadvertantly not announced as they were released. These advisories include fixes for squid, diffutils, openssh, sendmail, printtool, ucd-snmp, and tetex. Several bugfix advisories have been announced as well.. . .

Oops! Linux Bug Escapes Early

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On the surface, it was just another turn of the endless cycle of software release, hole discovery, and patching: operating system vendor Red Hat issued an advisory Tuesday warning the world about a serious security hole in a file transfer program . . .

ID Mouse Has Finger on Security Concerns

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With concerns about computer security running high, German electronics and technology giant Siemens believes it has a simple, mouse-based alternative to the PC passwords and log-in codes that are so easy for users to forget -- and in some cases, too . . .

HP secure OS software for Linux

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Joubert Berger writes, "HP's new product, HP Secure OS Software for Linux, will help businesses secure their Linux environments by offering intrusion prevention, real-time protection against attacks, and damage containment.". . .

Sun denies Unix flaw

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Have you ever heard of a Linux vendor that tried to deny a security flaw in their open source product? "A number of Unix vendors have been alerted to a security flaw, but Sun Microsystems is refusing to acknowledge that any problem exists. Six vendors, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun, have been alerted to a vulnerability that ships with several Unix systems, which could allow a malicious attacker to take control of an affected system.. . .

Microsoft admits IE security alert lapse

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Fuel for those following the full disclosure vs. no-disclosure debate started by Microsoft recently. "Microsoft has admitted that it knew about a security hole in Internet Explorer (IE) a full week before it accused a security firm of acting irresponsibly for publicly disclosing details of the exploit.. . .

New Linux tool boosts security

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A small Australian company has released a Linux-based security tool it hopes will help speed corporate acceptance of the open-source operating system. InterSect Alliance has developed the first security auditing system for Linux, beating much larger organizations to the punch. . . .

MS to force IT-security censorship

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We all know how Microsoft likes to bully its many 'partners', so it comes as no surprise that the Beast has decided to apply its partnership muscle to silence the software and network security research community. The company is currently . . .

Time to stop defending Microsoft security

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Further information on why open source leads to a more secure environment. Bruce Schneier comments in this article why he thinks Microsoft wants a closed-door policy on security vulnerability disclosure. "Security firms, [Scott Culp] says, can just whisper the problems to Microsoft, which will promptly patch the hole.. . .

Red Hat Denies Security Flaw in `Enigma'

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Red Hat downplayed a security expert's report today of potential security problems with the latest release of its popular operating system software. The company confirmed that two files distributed with Red Hat Linux 7.2 lack digital signatures used for determining their . . .

Novell make a move into security

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Novell moves into the enterprise security market with an announcement of a new single sign-on product. Novell has updated its iChain single sign-on security product as the start of a new strategy for enterprise security that it will detail this week. . . .