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Linux and Open Source Software at the center of security
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| If Linux is recommended by the Department of
| Defense, then I consider it good for me as well.
| I no longer trust Internet Explorer or Windows
| for that matter, with any valuable information
| online. Too often I hear about rootkits and
| malware running silently in Windows, allowing
| critical information to be gathered through a
| backdoor. Even the most recent activity regarding
| the TDL3 rootkit which was installed on a huge
| amount of Windows computers. Users never even
| knew it was there until the Microsoft patch for
| the 17 year old bug was released. I've seen
| malicious programs get downloaded and launched by
| simply visiting a website with Internet Explorer.
| With all things considered, Linux proves to be
| the most solid platform in the long run, which to
| me should make it the #1 choice for servers and
| desktops, or whatever application you choose.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10015159o-2000643222b,00.htm
Recent:
Secret mobile phone codes cracked
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| A German computer scientist has published
| details of the secret code used to protect the
| conversations of more than 4bn mobile phone
| users.
|
| Karsten Nohl, working with other experts, has
| spent the past five months cracking the
| algorithm used to encrypt calls using GSM
| technology.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8429233.stm
Open-Source Effort to Hack GSM
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| The aim of the project, he says, is not to
| "break anything" but rather to create an
| awareness of "a long-standing
| vulnerability" in GSM encryption technology
| and, ultimately, to push mobile phone
| operators still delivering calls over GSM
| networks either to phase in the more
| advanced voice and text-messaging
| encryption technology, A5/3, or upgrade to
| a newer-generation digital phone system.
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http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/open-source-effort-to-hack-gsm
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