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Last Updated: Mar 11, 2003 
Hours after a serious flaw in Sendmail was announced, an exploit was released that could take advantage of the flaw. We've got all the information you need to secure Sendmail and avoid a buffer overflow. >> Ed ponders who's responsible for open-source flaws.
>> News writer Ed Hurley speaks to vulnerability finder Mark Litchfield in this live Q&A.
NEWS:
>> User comments on full disclosure of software vulnerabilities (SearchSecurity) 02 Jul 2002
>> Should you keep security holes secret? (SearchSecurity) 10 Jul 2002
>> Patch or no, flaws to go public (eWEEK) 28 May 2002
>> Basic security tenets apply to open source programs too (SearchSecurity.com) 05 Feb 2003
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>> Best Web Links-->Common Vulnerabilities and Prevention Tips
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TIP :Test your knowledge of common security vulnerabilities.
>> E-mail security: Defending the server
TIP :Fred Avolio gives some general guidelines in his column on how to guard your e-mail server from attacks
>> Filtering sendmail
ASK THE EXPERTS :We are running HP Unix 10.20 as a mail server. How can we filter within the sendmail.cf file?

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