Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR MAY 26, 2000 Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community. ___________________________ Sponsors ________________________________ This newsletter sponsored by: TechRepublic _____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS: ------------------------------------------------------------------ TECHWEB: MICROSOFT DELAYS OUTLOOK SECURITY UPDATE "The patch was scheduled to be available this week for Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000 customers, but thecompany said it is withholding the update to add capabilities." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000525S0008 /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ FREE WEB RESOURCE FOR IT PROS -- JOIN TECHREPUBLIC! Your FREE TechRepublic Passport gives you access to all content at TechRepublic.com. Plus, customize the site to your IT specialty! Got questions about Net Security? Find answers about that--and more! http://www.enlist.com/cgi-bin/re/techrepublic_com769 \--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ TECHWEB: COMPUTER ASSOCIATES WARNS OF NEW VIRUS "Computer Associates issued a warning Thursday about a precarious new polymorphic virus that spreads by attaching to outgoing Microsoft Outlook e-mail." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000525S0009 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUSE SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT: GDM "The gdm code, that process' logins over the network, could be tricked into writing data from the network right into the stack. This condition exists while gdm is running with root privileges and before the user is authenticated." COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=22430 ------------------------------------------------------------------ OPEN SOURCE IT: THE MYTH OF OPEN SOURCE SECURITY "An author of the open source Mailman program explains why open source is not as secure as you might think -- using security holes in his own code as an example." COMPLETE STORY: http://opensourceit.earthweb.com/news/000526_security.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPUTERWORLD: FLAW FOUND IN PGP 5.0 "The flaw was discovered in the PGP 5.0 code base and is specific to Linux and OpenBSD command-line versions." COMPLETE STORY: http://www.computerworld.com/home/print.nsf/CWFlash/000526E30E ------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the other sites in the Linux Channel: Linux Planet <http://www.linuxplanet.com>, LinuxStart <http://www.linuxstart.com>, Linux Central <http://www.linuxcentral.com>, and JustLinux <http://www.justlinux.com>. Also, check out the ISP-Linux Moderated Digest <http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/moderated/isp-linux/>. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To advertise on our newsletters and 125+ more at internet.com, please contact Frank Fazio: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Director, Inside Sales (203)-662-2997 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2000 internet.com Corp. <http://www.internet.com>. ------------------------------------------------------------------ --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utk berhenti langganan, kirim email ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Informasi arsip di http://www.linux.or.id/milis.php3 Pengelola dapat dihubungi lewat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
