Your Linux Today Security Letter for December 8, 2010

Wednesday December 8, 2010

Linux Today Security THE MOVE TO LINUX - ENCRYPTED DISK ISSUES "One of the standards that has become normal in the US federal sector is the requirement that all mobile devices, such as laptops, have encrypted drives." OSSEC: THE OPEN SOURCE HOST INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM "With over seven years of active development, and more than 20000 downloads a month, OSSEC has become the de-facto standard for open source Host-based Intrusion Detection." INTERESTING KERNEL EXPLOIT POSTED "I've included here a proof-of-concept local privilege escalation exploit for Linux. Please read the header for an explanation of what's going on. Without further ado, I present full-nelson.c:" Cloud Computing 101: Get Free eBook! Cloud computing can cut costs, speed implementations, and scale quickly. Download this Internet.com eBook now. Click Here. Interested in placing your TEXT AD HERE? Click Here

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