Freedom 2.0 is a software tool that lets users encrypt Internet communications and route those encrypted messages through a collection of independent servers which, in turn, add their own layers of encryption. Users who run the client on their desktop machines can use it to manage a collection of pseudonymous identities . Now Available . Tripwire, Inc. has released Tripwire Open Source Linux Edition , a project being hosted on Sourceforge. I think there is an important challenge in making the distinction between complexity and security.
Some people still believe that added complexity increases automatically security.
This belief should be erased. We should keep on working towards secure and simple systems, that are as easy to understand for the people as a door lock, a sealed envelope, etc. Security Reports Samba 2.0.7 SWAT vulnerabilities . Multiple vulnerabilities in SWAT , the Samba Web Administration Tool, were reported this past week. They can be used to bruteforce username and passwords and, if logging is enabled, a race condition can be exploited locally to gain root access.