Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR JULY 7, 2000

Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community.

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TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS:

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COMPUTERWEEKLY: MICROSOFT .NET SLAMMED OVER SMARTCARD SECURITY

"Only two weeks after its announcement, Microsoft's .net
strategy vision has been slammed by IT analysts for having a
poor security model."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.computerweekly.com/cwarchive/news/20000706/cwcontainer.asp?name=B1.HTML&SubSection=1

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NETWORKWORLD: SOLSOFT BOLSTERS LINUX SECURITY

"Solsoft NP-Lite lets system administrators establish policies
for Linux firewalls and filter up to 130 protocols. It can be
configured to work with up to three filtering devices and also
works with the commonly used Linux IP Firewall release 2.0.x
and Linux IP Chains release 2.2.x."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/0707solsoft.html

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 LINUX-MANDRAKE SECURITY UPDATE ADVISORY: PACKAGE NAME: MAN

"Internet Security Systems (ISS) X-Force has identified a
vulnerability in the makewhatis Bourne shell script that ships
with many Linux distributions. It is found in versions 1.5e and
higher of man, and handles temporary files insecurely. Local
users may gain a variety of privileges depending on the
complexity of the exploit."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=24494

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