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 . . .
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 . . .
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, . . .
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.. . .
Source: ComputerUser - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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 . . .
Source: Cipherwar.com - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
A new site devoted to shutting down the FBI's Carnivore email surveillance system has launched, "Stop Carnivore", http://www.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. . . .
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.
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 . . .
Source: Digital Chosun - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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 . . .
Source: Federal Computer Week - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
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 . . .
