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Pentagon Security Cracked During Testing  23 February 2000 
Source: CNN.com - Daniel Verton   - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
Daniel Verton writes..." Information warfare tests conducted in September 1999 on the Pentagon's $1.6 billion Defense Message System found serious deficiencies in the system's security protections. During operational tests of DMS software Version 2.1, conducted last year by the Defense . . .
 
Consumers grow increasing vocal about broadband security  22 February 2000 
Source: ZDNet - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
Security experts and Internet users are becoming increasing vocal their concerns that Internet providers may not be doing enough to protect user's privacy. Linux users can implement many free solutions to protect themselves. . . .
 
California voters may get anti-spam ballot  22 February 2000 
Source: ZDNet - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
This ZDNet article writes, "California consumer groups are trying to ban most unsolicited commercial e-mails - also known as spam - using the Web and the ballot box as their weapons. But the effort faces hurdles, both financial and constitutional. . . .
 
Fast Internet connections may bring security risks  21 February 2000 
Source: Nando Times - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
This Linux user with a DSL line was in for a suprise. "Just two weeks after Carey Bunks got a fast Internet connection in his home, he noticed that he wasn't the only one using his computer." . . .
 
New Tool Released: MD-Webscan  19 February 2000 
Source: Written by: - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
A small utility released to help administrators check for common CGI vulnerabilities. You can download it here. "This is a little utility I wrote because I got annoyed when Mixter was interviewed by the BBC and yet . . .
 
'Always On' Access Can Bring Insecurity  19 February 2000 
Source: Washingtonpost.com - Michael Cheek    - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
Michael Cheek Writes..."Would you leave doors on your house unlocked when you leave it? Of course not! But it's not as if people don't do that from time to time anyway. And any look at cars parked along the . . .
 
The Cost of Security  17 February 2000 
Source: Internet Week - Rutrell Yasin - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
Here is an interesting article written by Rutrell Yasin that explains the fact that security takes time,money,and effort. "E-businesses are finding that security is costly. Not only are products expensive, but they can also slow response times and black out . . .
 
SANS Newsbites Feb17  17 February 2000 
Source: Dave Wreski - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
This week's SANS newsbites contains a technical review of the week's DDOS attacks, as well as a great article from Alan Paller, SANS Research Director, with the President and other security luminaries. SANS Research Director Alan Paller . . .
 
Breach exposes H&R Block customers' tax customers  16 February 2000 
Source: News.com - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
This news.com article writes, "H&R Block's online tax filing service exposed some customers' sensitive financial records to other customers last weekend, prompting the company to shut down the system yesterday afternoon, CNET News.com has learned." . . .
 
Distributed Denial of Service  15 February 2000 
Source: Network Magazine - Rik Farrow - Posted by LinuxSecurity.com Team   
This is a well written and informative article on the DDoS attack. It is worth reading. Rik Farrow writes... "Network-based denial of service attacks became popular after the SYN floods that took down Web servers in 1996. Winnuke, . . .
 
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