Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR MAY 10, 2000

Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community.

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TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS:

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ROOTPROMPT.ORG: CRACKED! PART 2: WATCHING AND WAITING

"This is the second part of the story of a community network
that was cracked and what was                 done to recover
from it. ... This article talks about how they learned more
about the cracker and what they did                 next."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://rootprompt.org/article.php3?article=422

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LINUXNEWBIE.ORG: INSTALLING SSH-2 ON SUSE 6.X AND OTHER SYSTEM
V BASED SYSTEMS

"This NHF is not going to go into great details as to how
SSH2 works and how to                   use every switch and
option. What you will learn here is how to install SSH2 using
it's default settings and how to set it up so that the SSH daemon
(sshd2) starts                   when your system reaches a
particular run level."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/distros/suse/susshd2.html

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FREEBSD SECURITY ADVISORY: MODULE: LIBMYTINFO

"libmytinfo allows users to specify an alternate termcap file
or entry via the TERMCAP environment variable, however this is
not handled securely and contains a overflowable buffer inside
the library."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=21566

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FREEBSD SECURITY ADVISORY: MODULE: GNAPSTER

"The gnapster port (version 1.3.8 and earlier) contains a
vulnerability which allows remote gnapster users to view
any file on the local system which is accessible to the user
running gnapster."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=21567

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SENDMAIL.NET: SENDMAIL 8.11.0 BETA RELEASE INCLUDES TLS

"The sendmail 8.11 beta is already out on the
street. Why so soon? Three words: Open source
crypto."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://sendmail.net/?feed=811announcement

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SECURITY PORTAL: WHY WE'RE DOOMED TO FAILURE

"Security is a process, not a solution."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000510.html


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