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Tuesday, January 6th, 2004
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Weekly update on:

-Feature: Stateful vs deep inspection firewalls
-Feature: How to... secure server farms
-Mitnick offers cash for hacking tales
-Jitux.A worm hits MSN Messenger
-Security group warns of another hole in Linux kernel

THE LATEST SECURITY STORIES:

FEATURE: Stateful vs deep inspection firewalls
'Deep inspection' is the new firewalling buzz-term. How
does it differ from stateful inspection?
http://www.techworld.com/features/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayfeature&FeatureID=268

FEATURE How to... secure server farms
Having built a server farm you now have a critical point
of failure. Here are some security issues to consider.
http://www.techworld.com/features/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayfeature&FeatureID=266

Mitnick offers cash for hacking tales
But author not inciting crime, he says
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=831

Jitux.A worm hits MSN Messenger
First virus warning of the year
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=833

Security group warns of another hole in Linux kernel
Second warning within a few weeks
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=836

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