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IBM Chairman Says Privacy Tops Internet Policy Agenda

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The chief public policy issue of the Internet Age is privacy, International Business Machines Corp. (nyse: IBM) Chairman and Chief Executive Louis Gerstner said on Tuesday. In a wide-ranging keynote speech at an industry trade show here, Gerstner said that privacy . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 12, 2000

Build a Secure Linux System with LIDS

The documentation of LIDS -- "Build a secure Linux system with LIDS" is updated to version 0.2. This document talks about what LIDS is, what the benifit of LIDS is, and how to build a secure linux system step by step . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 10, 2000

Solar Designer's 2.2.17 Kernel Patch

Solar's kernel security enhancement patch is now available for the recently-released 2.2.17 Linux kernel. "This patch is a collection of security-related features for the Linux kernel, all configurable via the new 'Security options' configuration section. In addition to the new features, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 10, 2000

China's Founder Develops New Net Security Product

China's Founder Electronics Co. has developed a new method of Internet security and expects that it will become one of the world's leading Internet security solutions. ... He said that most existing Internet security products worldwide are still using the traditional firewall technology whose weakness is the possession of an Internet protocol address, which can be bypassed or destroyed by hackers.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2000

Lawmaker To Grade Agencies On Computer Security

Rep. Stephen Horn, R-Calif., who made a name for himself by grading government agencies on their Y2K computer readiness in the months leading up to last year's millennial date rollover, is at it again, gearing up to release a report card . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 28, 2000

StopCarnivore.org Website Launched

A new site devoted to shutting down the FBI's Carnivore email surveillance system has launched, "Stop Carnivore", https://stopcarnivore.org/ The site explains what Carnivore is, why it is wrong, what you can do, and how it hurts the Internet. Below is a quick summary on the major issues the site deals with. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 02, 2000

Lack of funding threatens cybersecurity project

A lack of funding is threatening a public-private initiative aimed at preventing cyberattacks similar to the denial-of-service attacks against Yahoo, eBay and others in February.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 01, 2000

Linux developers hunt for kernel bugs

Linux developers have begun an ambitious project to identify security problems with the open source operating system before they trouble end users. The Linux Kernel Auditing Project is an attempt to audit the Linux kernel for any security holes. The project . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 27, 2000

KAIST Computer Remains Hacker Proof

The Information Security Education Research Center (ISC) of the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Sunday that no hackers among the 3,664 teams worldwide managed to conquer its third level server and win in the First World Information . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 03, 2000

Senate approves Internet filtering amendment

Schools and libraries that receive federal funds to help pay for their Internet access would be required to add filtering software to their systems under an amendment to an appropriations bill approved by the U.S. Senate. The Senate voted 95-3 Tuesday . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 30, 2000

ZDNet hack-contest server disabled

Exhibitionism at its worst. "Other interpretations exist. The hacking underground, for example, sees this sort of thing as part reconnaissance, and part publicity stunt, and one in which no truly elite cracker would participate for fear of having their best . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 28, 2000

Cracked! Part 6: Talking with the Enemy

Soon after rebuilding the system I started talking to someone on IRC that identified themselves as the person that had cracked our system. He was connecting from the same places that the cracker had been coming from and seemed to know . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 28, 2000

New Internet privacy guidelines for federal agencies issued

Federal agencies will have to demonstrate a ``compelling need'' to gather the data, publicly disclose how any collected personal information would be safeguarded and get the authorization of the agency head. For example, using a cookie on a State Department Web . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 26, 2000

Pretty Poor Privacy: An Assessment of P3P

This report examines whether P3P is an effective solution to growing public concerns about online privacy. The report surveys earlier experience with "cookie" technology and notes similarities. The report finds that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 23, 2000

RootFest Opens Today

"The Midwest's largest computer security convention opens today in St. Paul's RiverCentre. RootFest organizers estimate that as many as 1000 people may attend RootFest this year. It is hoped that the con will be broadcast in both audio and video in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 14, 2000

Linux Kernel Auditing Project

Brian Paxton writes, "It's an attempt to audit the linux kernel for any security vulnerabilities and/or holes and/or possible vulnerabilities and/or possible holes, and of course without adding more bugs or drawbacks to the existing kernels. The suggested kernels to be audited are 2.0.x kernel series , 2.2.x kernel series, and the 2.3.x/2.4.x kernel series. The group and it's work shall be dealt and worked with via a mailing list."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 09, 2000

Solar Designer's OpenWall Kernel Patch

Solar's kernel security enhancement patch is now available for the recently-released 2.2.16 Linux kernel. "This patch is a collection of security-related features for the Linux kernel, all configurable via the new 'Security options' configuration section. In addition to the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 08, 2000

Bastille Linux: A Walkthrough

This article presents a walkthrough of Bastille Linux, a popular hardening program for Red Hat and Mandrake, available for free from Jon Lasser, Pete Watkins, myself, and the rest of the Bastille Linux project. This walkthrough won't be the kind . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 07, 2000

The Arash Baratloo interview

Here is an interview with the authors of Libsafe..."Arash Baratloo and Navjot Singh two of the primary developers for Libsafe, a free software library that protects against security exploits based on buffer overflow vulnerabilities. They work as members of . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 07, 2000

Security holes going unpatched

The CIO Council is asking every federal chief information officer to find and fix the lapses that made a top 10 list of critical Internet security threats. The list, released Thursday, includes problems that have solutions, but the solutions have . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 02, 2000

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