Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR JULY 23, 2000 Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS: ------------------------------------------------------------------ LANSYSTEMS.COM: MONITORING CONNECTIONS TO YOUR SYSTEM [IPPL GUIDE] "In today's world, you have connections coming from all over the place, with different purposes, these range from legit connections, to trojan/exploit probing. Regardless of the type of connection, you should be aware of them. In this guide I will show you how to install IP Protocols Logger (ippl)." 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Versions of Linux Mandrake prior to 7.0, while including the ISC DHCP server, do not include the DHCP client and are therefore not subject to this vulnerability." COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=25143 ------------------------------------------------------------------ LINUX MANDRAKE SECURITY TEAM: MDKSA-2000:023 INN UPDATE "A vulnerability exists when verifycancels is enabled in /etc/news/inn.conf. This vulnerability could be used to gain root access on any system with inn installed. This new version also does not install inews as setgid news or rnews as setuid root. Many other security paranoia fixes have been made as well." COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=25144 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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>. 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