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Monday, February 23, 2004

Firms Ignore Kids-Only Internet Domain (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - When Congress cordoned off an Internet playground for children, supporters hoped it would give young surfers the benefits of the World Wide Web without its many dangers. But more than a year after President Bush signed the "dot-kids" legislation into law, the online haven looks more like a ghost town than the theme park envisioned by its backers. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
11:32:15 AM

The Invisible Demo. Linux was running just about everything on display at this year's Demo 2004. [Linux Journal]
9:36:29 AM

ZoneAlarm Bug Bares System to E-Mail Attack - Security vendor Zone Labs has disclosed that several versions of its personal-firewall products are vulnerable to a buffer-overflow attack that could compromise the system.
ZoneAlarm, ZoneAlarm Plus and ZoneAlarm Pro 4.0.0 versions; ZoneAlarm Pro 4.5.0; as well as Zone Labs Integrity Client 4.0.0 are vulnerable, the company said. Versions earlier than 4.0.0 are not. ZoneAlarm users are advised to upgrade to Version 4.5.538.001. (See the Zone Labs advisory for more details and how to obtain the upgrades. [EWeek]
9:26:28 AM

Serious Linux Security Holes Uncovered and Patched - Several security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel were uncovered on Wednesday by a Polish security group. The problems were verified by Linux kernel developers and then fixed with a set of updates. The Polish security non-profit organization iSEC Security Research on Wednesday released an advisory describing two "critical security vulnerabilities" in Linux 2.4 and 2.6's "kernel-memory-management code inside the "mremap(2)" system call. [EWeek]
9:19:08 AM