No, It's not a bug at all, it's a very VERY important feature. Applications can now be executed without an suid or sgid bit. Systrace raises the privileges for a single system call depending on the configured policy. This means that even if a program has a buffer overflow in it, you probably won't be able to open a remote shell or something to that effect by exploiting it, because calls necessary to do that should be disabled. Link is here.
Security is hard, it doesn't sit still, and it's difficult to know how far it needs to extend. This article outlines a number of ways to keep your user accounts clean and safe, including strategies for keeping different types of users organized. It shows you how to reduce risks and eliminate headaches through sensible account management.
Security is a big, challenging topic, but everyone with server-side responsibilities should know the basic steps. Reduce risks and eliminate headaches through sensible account management. This article outlines a number of ways to keep your user accounts clean and safe.
Perl, PHP, and Python are used in many software projects today due to their flexibility, simplicity, portability and extensibility. To help you gain a better understanding of their popularity with Open Source developers, this article takes you through a tour of the important features and functions of Perl and Python.
Source: ZDNet UK
This series of tips for Linux users offers an easy introduction to the GNU text processing tools -- how to use them, how to avoid pitfalls, and how to combine them to create powerful custom tools. At the end of this introduction, you should be able to use the text processing utilities, pipes, and streams to build complex data crunching systems.
Source: OS News
reaper: By Eugenia Loli-Queru
Source: ZDNet
SWsoft, whose Virtuozzo software lets several copies of Linux run simultaneously on the same Intel server, plans to expand its reach next year.
The company will announce next week plans to improve its software so it works on Itanium, Intel's new high-end chip family that is able to support much larger amounts of memory than Pentium and Xeon products. What's more, SWsoft plans to work its software for the Windows market.
