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Linux Security Week May 7-14
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Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 11:33:11 -0500
Forwarded by: Dave Wreski <dave () guardiandigital com> The LinuxSecurity.com contributors have released this week's edition of Linux Security Week. The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of each week's most relevant Linux security headlines and system advisories. Of note this week is a discussion of the ILOVEYOU worm from a Unix user's perspective and a feature story written by David Corcoran, founder of the Linux SmartCard Project. 'Introduction To Authentication' David describes Unix passwords, their insecurities, RSA, and using RSA PAM authentication. This paper also includes how intruders gain access to password protected systems, the basics of public key cryptography, digital signatures, and smartcards. The online version can be found at: http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/forums_article-648.html Regards, Dave Wreski -- Dave Wreski Lead Systems Engineer Guardian Digital, Inc. (201) 934-9230 Pioneering. Open Source. Security. dave () guardiandigital com http://www.guardiandigital.com ISN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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