Linux & Windows HP Printing Services Vulnerability Patched
This breach and patch cycle brings to light an interesting issue in maintaining a secure setup. The security alert(a XSS vulnerability) was publicly issued on October 3rd, and the Ubuntu patch was pushed out on the 12th(it may take a day or two for you to see it). That’s at least a 9 […]
Where to find Linux distribution specific security announcements.
Ubuntu = http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/
SuSE = http://www.novell.com/linux/security/securitysupport.html
Red Hat = http://www.redhat.com/errata/
Debian = http://www.debian.org/security/
Gentoo = http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/index.xml
Slackware = http://www.slackware.com/security/
Mandriva = http://www.mandriva.com/security/
I attempted to find the Sabayon security announcements page, but could not locate it. Several other distributions also lack security pages(such as CentOS which does have security team), so I’d recommend […]
Hardening a Linux system with Bastille
Linux.com has a good introductory article on using Bastille to help harden a Linux box. Which reminds me that I intended to do a step by step walk through of several different server hardening configurations on the NOVALUG wiki for Bastille. Which of course will be done someday, and will be a thorough step by […]