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Software makers should shoulder some responsibility
Author: JT Smith
Not all security compromises can be blamed on the people who carry them out, say people attending the first Global InfoSec Summit...
23,000 web sites left open
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet reports that Mindspring may have left 23,000 web sites open to attack, by leaving a password-containing file in a bad place.
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Judge Patel and Napster: We meet again
Author: JT Smith
The Standard reports on what may be bad news for Napster: "Napster, the contentious online
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MP3Board case moves to New York
Author: JT Smith
CNet reports: "While file-trading paragon Napster waits in court and rival Scour seeks bankruptcy
protection, another potentially landmark online music...
OpenSales AllCommerce 1.0.2: E-commerce in a box
Author: JT Smith
ZDNet reviews OpenSales AllCommerce product, saying it "lets you put up a store with virtually no start-up software costs. A freely distributed...
Security update to ping
Author: JT Smith
LWN.net has the advisory: Several problems in ping are fixed:
1) Root privileges are dropped after acquiring a raw socket.
2) An 8 byte...
This old PC: Put your dinosaur machine to work
Author: JT Smith
The Dallas Morning News has a feature on turning your old PC into something useful, including a Linux learning box for students....
Security update to ypbind and ypclient
Author: JT Smith
LWN.net has the advisory: Security problems have been found in the client code of the NIS
(Network Information...
Inside the world of a ‘hactivist’
Author: JT Smith
IDG News Service paints a strange picture of a "hactivist": "Yetzer's a hacker and an acknowledged "social engineer" with curious nocturnal
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DefCon: Optimism bordering on cockeyed
Author: JT Smith
Feedmag.com features the DefCon get-together in Las Vegas: "Is it possible that hackers -- long derided as antisocial geeks bent on causing...