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 News: Host Security |
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| August 14, 2000 - Basic File Integrety Checking |
| People take a variety of steps in securing their machines. In an ideal situation, you start with a minimal installation that contains the exact pieces required for the machine to function in its role. Extraneous services are turned off, unneeded setuid . . . |
| August 13, 2000 - Secure your box - Part 2 |
| "TCP wrappers run from inetd, the way they work is as follows. When somebody connects to a port on your system, inetd will look into /etc/services for the port number. If the port number is found, it will look in /etc/inetd.conf . . . |
| August 8, 2000 - Java flaws bust Navigator security |
| A bug in Navigator allows anyone to read a PC's local files over the Internet. The startling hole affects every Navigator since version 4 on all operating systems. Dubbed Brown Orifice by the person who posted a program to exploit the . . . |
| August 8, 2000 - Serious Security Hole Found In Netscape's Java |
| A serious vulnerability has been found in a version of Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator Java interpreter that allows Web-based programs to access virtually any file. The vulnerability also lets the same Java code act like Windows Explore and can browse . . . |
| August 8, 2000 - Read them the riot act |
| Here's a comprehensive article on configuring login banners to inform users about authorization and more... "With hacking on the rise, concerns have also arisen about employees making inappropriate or illegal use of computers in the workplace. Information systems managers need to . . . |
| August 7, 2000 - The Danger of Script Kiddies |
| There has often been a tendency among System Administrators to discount the danger of script kiddies, and this can be a misleading and dangerous thing to do. Script kiddies can have a much greater capability to cause problems then their skills . . . |
| August 5, 2000 - Adobe Acrobat bug puts users at risk |
| A security vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe's Acrobat document reader that could leave users open to cyber attacks. Adobe today confirmed the problem and said that although it has no reports of affected customers it has posted patches on its . . . |
| August 4, 2000 - Interivew with Jasta: coder of Gnapster |
| Chris writes, "Since the invention of Napster, Peer to Peer sharing has been on all of our security concious minds... Is this safe? Can this program allow my network to be comprimised? Was security an issue when these Apps were created? . . . |
| August 3, 2000 - Running logcheck, the logfile auditing software for Unix |
| Portsentry has some very specific behaviors when triggered: it drops the offending connection, locks out the offending IP address, and then writes an alert to your system logs. Logcheck picks up where Portsentry leaves off, parsing system logs at pre-set intervals . . . |
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