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  • Open-source team fights buffer overflows

    The OpenBSD project hopes new changes to its latest release will eliminate a software issue that has been plaguing security experts for more than three decades.

  • Linux geeks getting real, with pizza

    It's like Sylvania Waters, but with computer geeks. Linux operating system vendor Red Hat is sending six of the winners of a computer-programmer contest out to a beach house for a week, all expenses paid, and broadcast what happens onto the Internet for all to see.

  • Experts debate merits of open source for security

    Last month's DoS attacks are a distant memory to the average Web user, but not to the Internet security community. Now experts are debating the merits of each as they try to plan and build an Internet infrastructure that will be less susceptible to such rabid attacks.

  • Net vigilance

    The days when you might have left your virtual front door unlocked are long gone. More and more organisations are experiencing unauthorised use of computer systems. And, if experts are right, it's only going to get worse! Read ZDNet's comprehensive guide on Net security, and start protecting yourself.

  • Birth of an accidental community

    When it launched, Open Diary was a project to allow people to write ongoing journals anonymously online without having to launch their own Web sites. Today, though...

  • Net security: An oxymoron

    When it comes to computer security, Peter Neumann has a clear message to both governments and mass-market software makers: Get back to work.

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