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Why Ubuntu and Too Much Trust Can Be Bad

http://www.workswithu.com

One of desktop Linux’s chief selling points is its near-immunity to malware. Whether this superiority is due to the Unix security measures that Windows lacks, or to the mere fact that comparatively few people use Linux on desktop computers, it makes Linux attractive in an era when all manner of nasty things can be done to computer users by exploiting bugs in the software they run.

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Created by giantrobot 13 years 25 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 25 weeks ago
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Shred and secure-delete: tools for wiping files, partitions and disks in GNU/Linux

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

I carry a small, laminated card indicating my subscription to the IUSP (International Union of the Super Paranoid, tin hat division). Well, you can't be too careful. After all, we live in a dangerous world and computers are just an extension of that.

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Created by keyboardninja 13 years 25 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 25 weeks ago
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Linux Virus: A False Sense Of Security

http://www.linuxhaxor.net

There seems to be a false sense of security among some Linux users. The number of malicious programs specifically written for GNU/Linux has been on the increase in recent years and in the year of 2005 alone has more than doubled: from 422 to 863.

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Created by anna 13 years 25 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 25 weeks ago
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Bash Path Security Gotcha!

http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com

The devil they say is in details, even the simple Bash path variable can open some security problems on your box. Every Bash documentation out there warns us not leave '.' in the path (it matches current directory). They however don't seems to mention that leaving a dangling ':' (colon) at the beginning or the end of Bash $PATH does create the same security vulnerability.

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Created by arky 13 years 28 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 28 weeks ago
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GNU TLS preferred instead of OpenSSL

http://planet.gnu.org

"Today I finally decided to work out this element of our task list. We are happy that now MyServer can be distributed under the GPLv3 terms license without any exception. Previously we were using OpenSSL for the HTTPS protocol, it was giving us some licensing troubles as we needed to add an exception to the original GPLv3 license..."

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Created by can.axis 13 years 29 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 29 weeks ago
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Ibex design: user switching, presence and session termination

http://www.markshuttleworth.com

With Intrepid on track to hit the wires today I thought I’d blog a little on the process we followed in designing the new user switcher, presence manager and session management experience, and lessons learned along the way.

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Created by itsrocking 13 years 29 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 29 weeks ago
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Linux Vendors Increase Security Features

http://www.eweek.com

Analysis: Red Hat, Canonical and Novell are enhancing the security features in their Fedora, Ubuntu and OpenSUSE Linux distributions, which are all slated for release later in 2008.

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Created by serdar 13 years 31 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 31 weeks ago
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Eye on Microsoft: Failed Products, Security Issues, and “7” Sins

http://boycottnovell.com

A very large amount of news detailing Microsoft's demise

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Created by komrad 13 years 31 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 31 weeks ago
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Updating your system: GNU/Linux 5, Windows 0

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

The pace of software development - regardless of the licence - is pretty fast these days. The state of your systems need constant monitoring. New features, bug-fixes and (most important) security updates need to be properly managed. Here, in no particular order, are five ways that choosing a free operating system will make system maintenance a lot easier and simpler.

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Created by animal 13 years 31 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 31 weeks ago
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To encrypt or not? That is the question

http://news.cnet.com

Even before someone hacked Sarah Palin's Yahoo Mail account I had been wondering whatever happened to encryption.

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Created by gnerd 13 years 33 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 33 weeks ago
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Video: Linux HOWTO, Secure Your Data with GnuPG

http://www.privacylover.com

This tutorial shows how you can use GnuPG to secure and verify data on your Linux box but the first part is relevant for Windows users too.

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Created by malcarada 13 years 36 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 36 weeks ago
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Google Chrome patched, but problems remain

http://www.itwire.com

That didn't take long. Google has announced an updated version of Chrome which fixes 'confirmed security vulnerabilities' amongst other things, but plenty of problems remain unsolved...

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Created by popstarviolet 13 years 37 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 37 weeks ago
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SSH Key-based Attacks

http://www.us-cert.gov

US-CERT is aware of active attacks against linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kernel exploits to gain root access. Once root access has been obtained, a rootkit known as "phalanx2" is installed.

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Created by akf 13 years 39 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 39 weeks ago
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Howto Disable CTRL-ALT-DEL in Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Server

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

Any user that has physical access to the keyboard can simply use the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key combination to reboot the server without having to log on. Sure, someone could simply unplug the power source, but you should still prevent the use of this key combination on a production server.

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Created by mathewt 13 years 40 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 40 weeks ago
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Torvalds: Fed up with the 'security circus'

http://www.linuxworld.com.au

Creator of the Linux kernel explains why he finds security people to be so anathema.

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Created by lozz 13 years 40 weeks ago – Made popular 13 years 40 weeks ago
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