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Internet Software Consortium's in a BIND with users

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In response to the revelation of several holes in its BIND domain name server software this week, the Internet Software Consortium is starting a fee-based, members-only forum, a move that many observers feel will only worsen the software's security problems. The . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 02, 2001

ISC Institutes Fee-based Membership Plan

Recently on a posting forwarded to bugtraq by Theo de Raadt, Paul Vixie, Chairman of the ISC, describes the need for a fee-based program to notify BIND vendor's, TLD operators, and others under a non-disclosure plan to publish security and bug information to priority members. Theo thinks this is detrimental to the development of BIND. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 01, 2001

Security standard creates new risks

Computer users face an increased risk from the transmission of viruses in encrypted form, following the launch of a security initiative today. The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, which is backed by major companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, has . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 31, 2001

UUNet falls foul of RIP Act

UUNet has a special place in our heart after our most recent service interruption. "UUNet last week became the first internet service provider (ISP) to fall foul of tough new laws on intercepting emails. Network News understands that the breach of the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act happened when UUNet, the UK's second largest UK ISP and one of the biggest suppliers of leased lines, dealt with a spam attack. Engineers clearing more than two million emails called up all the messages and examined the headers to delete the spam. Examining the subject line of the header, however, contravenes the data interception rules specified by the RIP Act which were designed to give users a guarantee of privacy. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 26, 2001

Vulnerability report for weak authentication in ATT VNC

The CORE SDI team has recently found a vulnerability in AT&T's VNC software package. VNC uses weak authentication mechanisms which makes it subject to a classical man-in-the-middle attack. Below is their advisory describing the problem.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2001

Secure Linux Distributions: Three Approaches to Three Different Problems

If there is one question I hate, it's "Which Linux distribution is the most secure?" followed by "Which firewall is best?" People ask these questions in all innocence, and very few realize the complexity behind them. If I'm in a bad . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 17, 2001

NASA Goddard launches biometric security product tests

Software engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center are starting to evaluate biometric log-in products for securing remote mission operations. Testing will start around Jan. 15 on a product that scans faces and fingerprints, said John Donohue, associate head of Goddard's . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 09, 2001

SEC probes IPO of VA Linux

The Securities and Exchange Commission, intensifying its investigation into questionable IPO practices, is examining the activities of two little-known investment funds that obtained relatively large chunks of VA Linux Systems' initial public stock offering. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 08, 2001

Sendmail 8.11.2 Released

On December 30, 2000 Sendmail, Inc. released sendmail version 8.11.2. This is mostly a bug fix release. As of version 8.11.0 sendmail included support for the SMTP Authentication Security Layer. The release notes and changelog is displayed below. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 03, 2001

Demand for Net-based security products increases

Demand for Internet-based security products is exploding, as sales reached $243 million last quarter and are expected to more than double next year, a new study shows. With Check Point Software Technologies and Cisco Systems leading the way, sales of . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 28, 2000

Eyeballing security

Here I am, on the road again with my notebook computer. It took me about three attempts to sign into my computer here in the hotel room. Because I change my passwords several times a year, as we all should, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 22, 2000

NSA Releases High Security Version Of Linux

"The NSA folks just recently got permission to make their stuff available on the Web. It's just a proof of concept, and no doubt a lot of changes will need to made before people will accept integrating it into . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 22, 2000

RSA Security Calls for Nominations for Cryptography Awards

RSA Security Inc., today announced that it is accepting nominations for its fourth annual RSA Security Awards. Designed to honor outstanding contributions in the field of cryptography, RSA Security Awards will be made to an individual or an organization in each . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 19, 2000

Sendmail, Inc. Acquires Nascent Technologies

Today, Sendmail, Inc. acquired Nascent Technologies, a developer of the Mailspinner webmail server product. This acquisition enables Sendmail, Inc.'s customer's to access their email via any wireless device. Sendmail, Inc., a leading provider of Internet messaging solutions, today announced the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 19, 2000

The SC Magazine Pick of 2000

Over the course of 2000, SC Magazine has covered many topics in our Test Centers and Market Surveys. We have also tested many products, which have featured as standalone reviews. In this issue we bring you the Pick . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 19, 2000

Microsoft gets heavy with security firm

Microsoft has told Security Focus, the US security company that manages the Bugtraq moderated security email list, that it can no longer publish the software giant's security alerts. The issue centres round Microsoft's recently redesigned security email alerts, which it distributes . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 10, 2000

Administrators get a hacker's-eye view

The best way to find out if your house is secure is to hand over some cash to a thief and let him or her try to break in. Of course, you have to trust the thief. But that's what many . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 06, 2000

Security group benchmarking Solaris

A new collaborative security organization is preparing to release the first in a wave of security benchmarks for commercial products widely used in government, industry and academia. The Center for Internet Security is a nonprofit organization composed of more than . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 30, 2000

IBM Names Chief Privacy Officer

Computer giant International Business Machines Corp. [NYSE:IBM] reportedly will announce today the appointment of Harriet Pearson as its first chief privacy officer, a move meant to strengthen the company's role in online consumer privacy protection. A Reuters report said Pearson will . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 29, 2000

Top 50 Security Tools

I was so impressed by the list they created that I am putting the top 50 up here where everyone can benefit from them. I think anyone in the security field would be well advisted to go over the list and . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 23, 2000

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