Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR MAY 17, 2000

Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community.

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TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS:

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ISP-PLANET: SSH: FROM SECURE ADMINISTRATION TO VIRTUAL PRIVATE
NETWORKING

"If you're still administering *NIX servers over the Internet
using rsh or telnet, stop right now. OpenSSH is an inexpensive
improvement          well worth the minimal effort required to
install and configure it."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=21878

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JUSTLINUX.COM: HOME NETWORK ATTACKED BY PERSONS UNKNOWN

"Then it happens. Susan and I both get knocked off our
machines. The login prompt flashes on our screens. Susan and I
both try to log-on. I try telneting back into the server. Nothing
works. I power down the server and waited for it to reboot. The
machine boots up -- and everything looks fine. Until I try to
log on."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.justlinux.com/bin/feature/story.pl?fid=1929218

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SECURITY PORTAL: WEEKLY LINUX SECURITY ROUNDUP - 2000/05/08
TO 2000/05/14

"Relatively quiet week. Some problems were found in various
Linux napster clones, and Bugzilla has a rather brain
dead security hole."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://securityportal.com/topnews/weekly/linux20000515.html

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WIRED: CRITICS BLAST MS SECURITY

"If you're a Windows 2000 user, be warned: Your security software
may not work the way you think it does."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,36336,00.html

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ZDNET: MS AGAIN SLAMMED ON SECURITY

"Experts question robustness of Windows scripting system after
discovery of hole that lets intruders break in via 'back door.' "

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2570727,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01

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ZDNET: AND THE LOSER IS ...

"But, before the Linux fans start popping open their champagne
bottles, they'll be horrified to know that the different
distributions aggravate problems almost matched NT and
were much higher than other operating systems covered
such as the BSDs, Solaris and Windows 95/98."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.zdnet.com/enterprise/stories/main/0,10228,2570180,00.html
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SITEREVIEW.ORG: UNIX'S POOR INTERNET SECURITY REPUTATION

"Finding and repairing... misconfigured and unneeded services
is                   one of the most important and neglected
tasks involved in securing a Unix Internet server."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://sitereview.org/?article=120

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SUSE SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT: PACKAGE: KERNEL < 2.2.15

"The masquerading feature in the Linux kernel has got
a vulnerability in   the udp and ftp masquerading code
which allows arbitary backward   connections to be opened.
Some denial of service were found."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=21946


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Linux Planet <http://www.linuxplanet.com>, 
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and JustLinux <http://www.justlinux.com>. 
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<http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/moderated/isp-linux/>.
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