Re: [SLE] spyware

From: Sid Boyce (sboyce_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 10/05/04

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    Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:25:24 +0100
    To: Johan Nielsen <yep@osterbo-net.dk>
    
    

    Johan Nielsen wrote:
    > Mandag den 4. oktober 2004 12:27 skrev Sid Boyce:
    >
    >>peter Nikolic wrote:
    >>
    >>>On Monday 04 Oct 2004 02:54, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
    >>
    >><STUFF DELETED>
    >>
    >>>>Sure, Linux is harder to break into. but after all, Linux also has its
    >>>>infamous rootkit. On the principle that better neighborhoods attract a
    >>>>better class of burglers, Linux would attract sufficiently talented
    >>>>hackers if it were in wider use.
    >>>>
    >>>>Linux, with its underlying foundation of old C code, is particularly
    >>>>vulnerable to buffer-overflow attacks.
    >>>>
    >>>>Paul
    >>>
    >>>Ever heard of Libsafe .. ?....
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>worth investigating i dont get problems from buffer overflow attacks
    >>>thanks to Libsafe it can them before they can cause mischief ..
    >>>
    >>>Pete
    >>
    > Silly question for you and Pete. How would you implement "Libsafe" into you
    > Suse distro ??
    >
    > Secondly other suggestions/"easy" usable pointers to make SuSE a safe place to
    > be ;-)
    >
    > TIA
    >
    > Johan
    >
    >
    You just install it and it asks if you want to deploy it system wide,
    say yes and it's up and running.
    Regards
    Sid.

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