Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR MAY 16, 2000 Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community. ___________________________ Sponsors ________________________________ This newsletter sponsored by: TurboLinux _____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS: ------------------------------------------------------------------ INFOWORLD: INTEL RELEASES [OPEN SOURCE] SECURITY IMPLEMENTATION "The security specification will simplify the assignment of security technology to networks and e-businesses that may not possess the security expertise to deploy defenses without assistance, according to Terry Smith, CDSA Marketing manager for Intel." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/05/15/000515hnintelsec.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------ SJ MERCURY/AP: MICROSOFT ALTERS OUTLOOK E-MAIL TO BLOCK VIRUSES -- AND GOOD PROGRAMS "Charged with enabling easy access for computer viruses like the Love Bug, Microsoft is altering its popular Outlook e-mail software to prevent users from running any ''executable'' program attachments..." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.mercurycenter.com/breaking/headline2/039760.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------ BBC NEWS: MICROSOFT LOCKS OUT [SOME] VIRUSES "As yet Microsoft has no plans to release a patch for Outlook Express... some types of malicious programs such as the Melissa word macro virus continue to proliferate." COMPLETE STORY: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_750000/750456.stm /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ "As e-commerce grows in popularity, and Web servers become mission-critical, clustering is back on the scene as a hot and vitally needed technology. And TurboCluster (from TurboLinux) is taking center stage." -Sm@rt Reseller TurboLinux. High-Performance Linux! http://www.turbolinux.com/products/tcs/why-to-buy.html \--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUXMALL.COM: ZOPE LASSOS PESKY TROJAN "Zope Weekly News has reported a problem with its security model that appears to be potentially pervasive and not necessarily Zope-specific. This is the first installation in a three-part series on Zope's efforts to rein in the trojan..." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.LinuxMall.com/news/?1,145 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SRO: AND THE LOSER IS ... [BUGTRAQ RECORD ON MS SECURITY] "Does NT4 have the worst security of all operating systems? ...the sheer numbers lend empirical evidence to what most security experts have learned over the years." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/news/0,4538,2570180,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Visit the other sites in the internet.com Linux/Open Source Channel: Linux Today <http://www.linuxtoday.com>, LinuxPlanet <http://www.linuxplanet.com>, LinuxStart <http://www.linuxstart.com>, BSD Today <http://www.bsdtoday.com>, Linux Central <http://www.linuxcentral.com>, JustLinux <http://www.justlinux.com>, Linux Programming <http://www.linuxprogramming.com>, LinuxApps <http://www.linuxapps.com>, Linuxnewbie (http://www.linuxnewbie.org), and PHPBuilder.com <http://www.phpbuilder.com>. Also, check out the ISP-Linux Moderated Digest <http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/moderated/isp-linux/>. ---- Copyright 2000 internet.com Corp. All rights reserved. ---- For advertising information, contact Frank Fazio <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ((203) 662-2997), Director, Inside Sales. --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utk berhenti langganan, kirim email ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Informasi arsip di http://www.linux.or.id/milis.php3 Pengelola dapat dihubungi lewat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
