Lc.DB — the Linux.com Article Museum

Derrick H. Lewis

Name: Derrick H. Lewis (AKA dlewis)
Site Position:Assistant Site Director (Security)
 
Location:
Website: None specified
Email: derricklewis *AT* gmail.com
 
Staff Comment

Linux.com introduced me to *nix and open source. I had a wonderful time working under such pioneers from SourceForge and Freshmeat as well as others sites... Would not trade the experience in for anything.


Articles by Derrick

DateCategoryTitle
11/Jan/2001 Advanced Security Articles Cyber Attacks Prove Costly
10/Sep/2000 Security News Solar Designer's 2.2.17 Kernel Patch
07/Aug/2000 Security News The Danger of Script Kiddies
07/Aug/2000 Security News Frontier Defense
17/Jul/2000 Security News A security skills test
14/Jul/2000 Security News What is coming up in the future for the Bastille Linux Project?
02/Jul/2000 Security News Debian Security Advisory- canna
02/Jul/2000 Security News Linux-Mandrake Security Update- dhcp
02/Jul/2000 Security News Linux-Mandrake Security Update- wu-ftpd
21/Jun/2000 Security News Network Intrusion Detection Using Snort
19/Jun/2000 Security News Libnet 101, Part 1: Primer
10/Jun/2000 Security News Conectiva Linux Security Announcement: Open SSH
10/Jun/2000 Security News Caldera Systems, Inc. Security Advisory
07/Jun/2000 Interviews An Interview with the Libsafe Developers
07/Jun/2000 Linux.com Feature Story An Interview with the Libsafe Developers
04/Jun/2000 Security News Cryptography and Security
04/Jun/2000 Security News Linux-Mandrake Security Update: bind
03/Jun/2000 Security News Majordomo removed from Debian
03/Jun/2000 Security News Simple Network Time Sync daemon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
02/Jun/2000 Security News Hackers' favorite security holes revealed
02/Jun/2000 Security News Security holes going unpatched
02/Jun/2000 Security News CERT® Summaries
01/Jun/2000 General How To Eliminate The Ten Most Critical Internet Security Threats
31/May/2000 Security News Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
30/May/2000 Security News Linux cdrecord Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
30/May/2000 Security News Interview with Frank van Vliet
25/May/2000 Security News Setting up Portsentry
24/May/2000 Security News Qpopper 2.53 remote problem: user can gain [iso-8859-1] gid=mail
24/May/2000 Security News Linux-Mandrake Security Update: dump
24/May/2000 Security News Linux-Mandrake Security Update: xemacs
23/May/2000 Security News Know Your Enemy: A Forensic Analysis
23/May/2000 Security News [Security Announce] fdmount
22/May/2000 Security News Focus On Linux: Intrusion Detection on Linux
22/May/2000 Security News Linux Security Week, May 22nd 2000
22/May/2000 Security News Weekly Linux Security Roundup
20/May/2000 Security News Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
20/May/2000 Security News OpenLDAP /usr/tmp/ Symlink Vulnerability (Updated)
20/May/2000 Security News Secrecy for Everyone, as Encryption Goes to Market
20/May/2000 Security News Apache: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
20/May/2000 Security News How to Hack
19/May/2000 Security News Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
17/May/2000 Security News Cisco IOS HTTP Server Vulnerability
16/May/2000 Security News Global plan to fight cybercrime
15/May/2000 Security News Showcode.asp - A lesson in Internet Security
15/May/2000 Security News UK breakthrough promises secure comms
15/May/2000 Security News BUGTRAQ Vulnerability Database Statistics
14/May/2000 Security News Overseas Software
10/May/2000 Security News Secure Shell Authentication Vulnerability
09/May/2000 Security News Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory
09/May/2000 Security News Linux kernel patch from the Openwall Project
09/May/2000 Security News Webserver Security (Part II)
09/May/2000 Security News Hacker's toolchest
09/May/2000 Security News The Evolution of Malicious Agents (Part 1 of 2)
09/May/2000 Security News Internet Security at a Glance
08/May/2000 Security News Secure Computing Reinstates the Secure Challenge Site at NetWorld+Interop 2000
08/May/2000 Security News Secure Your Castle's Cyberperimeter
08/May/2000 Security News An interview with Marcus Ranum on Intrusion Detection and Security
08/May/2000 Security News Introduction To Authentication
08/May/2000 Security News ADSL and the opportunistic hackers
08/May/2000 Security News The Enemy Within
08/May/2000 Security News Linux Security Week -- May 8
08/May/2000 Security News US urges stiffer penalties for Net crimes
08/May/2000 Security News Building a Linux Bunker: Basic Firewalling
08/May/2000 Security News Weekly Linux Security Roundup
08/May/2000 Security News WHAT IS YOUR INTERNET SECURITY IQ?
07/May/2000 Security News Electronic Forensics
06/May/2000 Security News Linux goes Unloved
06/May/2000 Security News Cerberus Information Security Advisory- Listserv Web Archives Buffer Overflow
06/May/2000 Security News Cerberus Information Security Advisory- Dmailweb Buffer Overflow
05/May/2000 Security News "How we defaced www.apache.org"
04/May/2000 Security News Linux knfsd Denial of Service Vulnerability
04/May/2000 Security News Have You Been Hacked?
04/May/2000 Security News VNU Net: Linux boosted by new security software
03/May/2000 Security News Washington coalition attacks Internet crime
03/May/2000 Security News OpenSSH
02/May/2000 Security News The "mstream" distributed denial of service attack tool
01/May/2000 Security News Nessus 1.0.0pre3
01/May/2000 Security News Always-on Internet Security
01/May/2000 Security News NMAP 2.50
01/May/2000 Security News Hardening Red Hat Linux with Bastille: Securely Installing a Bastion Host
01/May/2000 Security News CERT Incident Note
01/May/2000 Security News Weekly Linux Security Roundup - 2000/04/24 to 2000/04/30
29/Apr/2000 Security News White House Security Official Calls for More E-vigilance
29/Apr/2000 Security News CERT/CC Current Activity
29/Apr/2000 Security News Developing Information Security Needs
27/Apr/2000 Security News Carnegie Mellon establishes anti-hacking institute
25/Apr/2000 Security News News in View: Hackers get inside jobs
25/Apr/2000 Security News ISS Advisory: Backdoor Password in Red Hat Linux Virtual Server Package
25/Apr/2000 Security News Rapidstorm Hacker Defense Technology Outsmarts DoS Attacks
24/Apr/2000 Security News Court Drops Injunction Over Linux Trademark
23/Apr/2000 Security News Backing up Linux
22/Apr/2000 Security News The back door to Frontpage
18/Apr/2000 Security News Everything You Need to Know about Installing a Secure Linux Environment
18/Apr/2000 Security News Open Source - Why it's Good for Security
18/Apr/2000 Security News Introducing redhat.com Marketplace
18/Apr/2000 Security News Security industry hits out at 'ethical' hackers
18/Apr/2000 Security News MCI WorldComm to Enhance Filtering Performance in High Speed Network
18/Apr/2000 Security News RedHat 6.x X Font Server DoS Vulnerability
17/Apr/2000 Security News Wide Open Source
11/Apr/2000 Security News City firms warned of hackers in disguise
11/Apr/2000 Security News Content Security: Keeping Sites Safe
11/Apr/2000 Security News ARCserveIT v6.61 Advanced Edition for Linux
11/Apr/2000 Security News Getting Small with Linux, Part 2
11/Apr/2000 Security News Protectix Announces the First All Open Source Security Solution
09/Apr/2000 Security News Guardian Digital, Inc. Releases SecurityNews.org
09/Apr/2000 Security News Weekly Linux Security Roundup
03/Apr/2000 Security News Network access made simple, secure
02/Apr/2000 Security News Security for the dial-up user
02/Apr/2000 Security News New Web Security System Unveiled
02/Apr/2000 Security News Who gets your trust?
01/Apr/2000 Security News SSH Communications Security Announces SSH Secure Shell 2.1 Available for Purchase On ssh.com
25/Mar/2000 Security Tips Your Security Policy (in a nutshell)
23/Mar/2000 Security News Kurt Seifried to give another Tutorial on Basic Linux Security
13/Mar/2000 Security News Preventing Denial of Service Attacks
12/Mar/2000 Security News Tutorial on Basic Linux Security to be given by Kurt Seifried
06/Mar/2000 Security News Biometrics -- the end of online fraud?
06/Mar/2000 Security News Insiders Are Often Behind A Security Compromise Users loathe to report breaches
06/Mar/2000 Security News Intel tackles notebook security
06/Mar/2000 Security News Weekly Linux Security Roundup
02/Mar/2000 Security News Senate panel asks for hacker's counsel
02/Mar/2000 Security News Getting Hacked Could Lead to Getting Sued
02/Mar/2000 Security News Linux Encryption HOWTO
01/Mar/2000 Security News SuSE Security Announcement
01/Mar/2000 Security News IBM obtains approval to ship PCs with 256-bit security
01/Mar/2000 Security News Diversinet Delivers Linux-Based Wireless E-Commerce Security
01/Mar/2000 Security News Creating software packages for Linux - do's and dont's
01/Mar/2000 Security News Multiple Vulnerabilities in Vixie Cron
01/Mar/2000 Security News DoS: Linux to the rescue
29/Feb/2000 Security News Tripwire is First Major Security Company to Offer Open Source Linux Product
28/Feb/2000 Security News Linux Security Interview with David A. Wheeler
28/Feb/2000 Security News NSA Defends Easdropping Policy
28/Feb/2000 Security News Only a handful of cyber-crooks are ever punished
28/Feb/2000 Security News Weekly Linux Security Roundup
28/Feb/2000 Security News All About SSH - Part II/II - OpenSSH
25/Feb/2000 Security News Security and Apache: An Essential Primer
24/Feb/2000 Security News All-in-one security device
24/Feb/2000 Security News An Introduction to Using Linux as a Multipurpose Firewall
24/Feb/2000 Security News Secure Computing to Develop Type Enforced Tux
24/Feb/2000 Security News Government computers too vulnerable to hacks, senators say
23/Feb/2000 Security News New hacker software could spread by email
23/Feb/2000 Security News Avoiding future denial-of-service attacks
23/Feb/2000 Security News Boston man charged with hacking into Pentagon, NASA
23/Feb/2000 Security News Pentagon security cracked during testing
23/Feb/2000 Security News Hackers hide behind vandal facade, inquiry told
23/Feb/2000 Security News Skin Deep Security
23/Feb/2000 Security News Laptop stolen? Don't let them steal your data either
23/Feb/2000 Security News SEC Hiring Cybercops
22/Feb/2000 Security News Debian Security Advisory: New version of 'make'
22/Feb/2000 Security News Web attacks: Are ISPs doing enough?
22/Feb/2000 Security News Web Sites Race to Buy Hacker Insurance
22/Feb/2000 Security News Russia's security agency spreads its Net
22/Feb/2000 Security News Poor architecture let Web attacks succeed
21/Feb/2000 Security News Security Issues Put Hil in Bind
21/Feb/2000 Security News Crypto must be controlled -- FBI director
21/Feb/2000 Security News Digital Signatures - It's (Becoming) The Law
21/Feb/2000 Security News Linux Security Roundup
20/Feb/2000 Security News GOP Net Security Task Force
20/Feb/2000 Security News TurboLinux Security Announcement
19/Feb/2000 Security News Intel Unveils Encryption As You Type
19/Feb/2000 Security News A new CGI vulnerability scanner is released
19/Feb/2000 Security News 'Always On' Access Can Bring Insecurity Along With the Internet
19/Feb/2000 Security News ARCserve symlink vulnerability
19/Feb/2000 Security News Hackers beware
17/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Vandals expose lax security of Latin American Web sites
17/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News The FBI to use racketeering laws against hackers
17/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Security Expert Dave Dittrich on DDoS Attacks
16/Feb/2000 Security News FBI follows Internet chat room leads in hacker probe
16/Feb/2000 Security News Web Attackers Chose Assault Computers With Care
16/Feb/2000 Security News Clinton administration develops Internet security proposals as investigators pursue hackers
15/Feb/2000 Security News Denial of Service (DoS) FAQ
15/Feb/2000 Security News President to announce creation of national cyber security center
15/Feb/2000 Security News Hacking comes from the inside, computer expert warns
15/Feb/2000 Security News Vendors working to prevent Linux fragmention
10/Feb/2000 Security News 'Spoofing' hides computer hackers' footprints
10/Feb/2000 Security News Have Script, Will Destroy (Lessons in DoS)
10/Feb/2000 Security News FBI posts software to combat hacker attacks
08/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Are you sure that you're secure?
08/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Yahoo! Under Attack
07/Feb/2000 Security News Five-Part Workshop: How To Build A Linux E-Commerce Site
07/Feb/2000 Security News FTC Hands-Off Net
07/Feb/2000 Security News Security goes beyond passwords
07/Feb/2000 Security News Privacy for the Masses
04/Feb/2000 Security News Deutch controversy raises security questions for Internet users
04/Feb/2000 Security News Web Security Hole A Whopper
03/Feb/2000 Security News Understanding Malicious Content Mitigation for Web Developers
03/Feb/2000 Security News Debian Security Advisory
03/Feb/2000 Security News Frequently Asked Questions About Malicious Web Scripts Redirected by Web Sites
02/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Privacy advocacy tells DobleClick to click off
02/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Clinton's anti-hack plan attacked
02/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Security Gaps found in Medical Website
01/Feb/2000 Security News HSBC in major Hacker alert
01/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News 1999 Annual CERT Report
01/Feb/2000 Security News Caldera Systems, Inc. Security Advisory
01/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Cybersnoops: Hackers for hire
01/Feb/2000 Security News No Security Breach Occurred, Online Bank Says Bank Says
01/Feb/2000 Security News Online privacy? Experts say you don't have any.
01/Feb/2000 Security News Protecting your Linux machine from the big, bad internet
01/Feb/2000 Non-Linux Security News Beating the e-burglar blues
31/Jan/2000 Security News Move to battle cross-border crimes
31/Jan/2000 Security News Serious Online Banking Breach
31/Jan/2000 Security News Cellular Fraud S/ware For Net
30/Jan/2000 Security News Information Warfare
29/Jan/2000 Security News Senator Torricelli To Go public With Privacy Bill
29/Jan/2000 Security News Security Flaw Discovered at Online Bank
29/Jan/2000 Security News Experts react to 'Chinese Linux virus'
28/Jan/2000 Security Tips A trivial but useful tip for helping thwart the script kiddie.
28/Jan/2000 Security News Crackers and Crackdowns
28/Jan/2000 Security News Congress backs federal efforts on Y2K, is wary on security
28/Jan/2000 Security News Axent To Develop Linux Firewall With Cobalt
28/Jan/2000 Security News Japanese govt. sites hacked into again and again and again...
27/Jan/2000 Security News Qualcomm qpopper 'LIST' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
27/Jan/2000 Security News China Seeks to Allay Fears Over Encryption Rules.
27/Jan/2000 Security News China Issues Rules to Limit E-Mail and Web Content
27/Jan/2000 Security News Japanese flap over hack attacks.
27/Jan/2000 Security News It's Not Big Brother, It's Customer Service.
26/Jan/2000 Security News Caldera Systems Security Advisory: various security problems with majordomo.
26/Jan/2000 Security News Bad News for Hackers, Crackers.
26/Jan/2000 Security News Privacy fears raised by doubleclick database plan.
26/Jan/2000 Security News Cybercrime Fighters Face Obstacles.
26/Jan/2000 Security News Japan calls emergency meeting as hackers hit.
25/Jan/2000 Security News Big keys unlock door to strong encryption.
24/Jan/2000 Security News Jumbomall venture increases online security.
24/Jan/2000 Security News E-mergers trigger privacy worries.
24/Jan/2000 Security News Visa Banks Offer Smart Cards.
23/Jan/2000 Security News Red Hat Security Advisory: New majordomo packages.
23/Jan/2000 Security News SuSE Security Announcement - lprold-update
21/Jan/2000 Security News SSA launches public-key infrastructure pilot.
21/Jan/2000 Security News Tivoli takes over IBM's info security products.
21/Jan/2000 Security News Pseudonymity Now.
20/Jan/2000 Security News Cyber-crooks face radical new laws.
20/Jan/2000 Security News Curb on Net security imports to go.
20/Jan/2000 Security News WTO Under Cyberattack.
18/Jan/2000 Security News Nortel Contivity Vulnerability.
18/Jan/2000 Security News Phillip Semiconductor to Get into data-security chip market.
18/Jan/2000 Security News Hackers have already taken over?
17/Jan/2000 Security News The Brightest to join in Cyberdefense Battle.
17/Jan/2000 Security News "Who gets your trust?"
17/Jan/2000 Security News Four Way Split in Network Associates.
17/Jan/2000 Security Tips Regulating Telnet.
17/Jan/2000 Security News World cybercrime treaty in the making?
17/Jan/2000 Security News Computer Crime Squad in the UK set to tacle Computer Crime.
16/Jan/2000 Security News Who solves security problems faster?
14/Jan/2000 Security News SuSE Security Announcement
13/Jan/2000 Security News Oracel to Release Oracle8i
13/Jan/2000 Security News Nuclear Weapons Site Hacked
12/Jan/2000 Security News Corel Linux OS Vulnerability
12/Jan/2000 Security News Teen hacks 27 ISP's
11/Jan/2000 Security News Secure Programming for Linux HOWTO
11/Jan/2000 Security News Redhat 4.0-6.1 Has an lpd Vulnerability.
10/Jan/2000 Security News The Controversal plan is to be released today.
10/Jan/2000 Security News Taiwanese uses Viruses for Counter Attack.
10/Jan/2000 Security News Pac Bell Compromised?
09/Jan/2000 Security News Identical website addresses?
09/Jan/2000 Security News Defense laboratory breaches National Security?
09/Jan/2000 Security News Hacker uses frustration as his motive.
08/Jan/2000 Security Tips A Smooth System Means A Happy Admin and Happy Users
08/Jan/2000 Security News EPA to Crack Down on Security
08/Jan/2000 Security News $91 Million Initiative for Security Threats?
08/Jan/2000 Security News War FTPD Problems.
08/Jan/2000 Security News A Redhat Security Advisory is Released
07/Jan/2000 Security News Crypto. E-mail for Win2K.
07/Jan/2000 Security News Encryption Keys No Longer Good?
07/Jan/2000 Security News Cyber Warfare to Be Made Standard Tactic?
06/Jan/2000 Security News GH Member Admits to Army "Vandalism"
06/Jan/2000 Security News Railtrack/Lloyds of London Web Hacker Explains
06/Jan/2000 Security News DNC Displays Information Collected About Visitors?
06/Jan/2000 Security News The l0pht Mergers with Executive Heavyweights
05/Jan/2000 Security News Global Networks Plan for Security Upgrade
05/Jan/2000 Security News 14 New Viruses Found
05/Jan/2000 Security News ISP Stops Over 84 Viruses
05/Jan/2000 Security News Federal Aviation Administration has Y2K Security Lapses?
04/Jan/2000 Security News Internet Explorer is Feeling the Y2K bug.
04/Jan/2000 Security News Information Theft Soars.
03/Jan/2000 Security News IT Security Firm Warns of Hacker Assault in Days Ahead
03/Jan/2000 Security News E-commerce Sites Skip Security During the Holiday Rush
03/Jan/2000 Security News Council Website Disrupted By Hackers
02/Jan/2000 Security News Hacker Attacks Leading Insurance Market
02/Jan/2000 Security News Unix Millennium Bug
02/Jan/2000 Security News Wscript.Kak gets the first Virus Press in the New Millennium
31/Dec/1999 Security News Amazon Gets Privacy Complaint
31/Dec/1999 Security News Congress to Tackle Internet Issues
31/Dec/1999 Security News Trojan.Kill Virus Set to Go Off January 1
30/Dec/1999 Security News Will Digital Certificates Expire?
30/Dec/1999 Security News Chernobyl Virus Author Get Security Job.
30/Dec/1999 Security News Companies Use Firewalls as a way to block Cyber-Attacks.
30/Dec/1999 Security News Australia is joining in the Cyber Crime War.
30/Dec/1999 Security News Software has two Experts at odds in Privacy Dispute.
29/Dec/1999 Security News Y2K hard drive warning?
29/Dec/1999 Security News UK has the pre-Y2K Gitters.
29/Dec/1999 Security News Tribe FloodNet 2K (TFN2K) = Tribe FloodNet (TFN) Part II?
29/Dec/1999 Security News Year 2000 Virus- Internet Ready?
29/Dec/1999 Security News The Pentagon decided to shut down there site.
29/Dec/1999 Security News Experts Play Down Virus Threat to Computers Over the Holiday
28/Dec/1999 Security News OPSEC in Danger- "We Have Met The Enemy, and It Is Us!"
28/Dec/1999 Security News Web Based CGI Vulnerability Scanner is Put up
28/Dec/1999 Security News U.S. Is Set to Monitor the Clock Shift
28/Dec/1999 Security News US Trade Commission to revisit online privacy