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FreeBSD advisory: crontab
Author: JT Smith
A post on LWN.net warns that crontab includes a vulnerability that allows users to read any file on the system that conform...
Debian advisory: WU-FTPD
Author: JT Smith
From LWN.net: "Security people at WireX have noticed a temp file creation bug and the
WU-FTPD development team has found a possible format...
Alan Cox: Linux kernel 2.4.0-ac11
Author: JT Smith
The latest kernel release from Alan Cox includes a Raid5 corruption fix, support for Extrax 'crisis' architecture, APIC crash fixes, and a...
Caldera advisory: KDE2’s kdesu
Author: JT Smith
An advisory at LWN.net reveals problems with KDE2's kdesu system administration tool: any user on the system can steal the passwords you...
FreeBSD advisory: XFree86-3.3.6
Author: JT Smith
A post at LWN.net discloses several vulnerabilities of XFree86-3.3.6 when run on FreeBSD, and includes links to more information, upgrades, and newer...
Securing your desktop and email
Author: JT Smith
highlander writes "How's this? Have you ever had a virus attack or felt that you receive mails from sites you've barely visited?...
Hot Linux investment news from the tropics
Author: JT Smith
- By Jack Bryar - Open Source business -
On a cold day up in the North Country this week, I read...
IPv6: The next generation
Author: JT Smith
highlander writes "The explosive growth of Internet usage has created the need for a more versatile means of generating IP addresses. Catering...
Last mission to Mir space station launched
Author: JT Smith
The BBC reports that the last mission to the Mir space station launched Wednesday morning in the form of a Progress cargo...
When should you use PHP?
Author: JT Smith
A column at LinuxWorld explains the advantage of PHP over other scripting languages. "Should you learn PHP? Probably so, if: you're responsible...