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Open Source Security: Archive: January 2004 

AntiOnline Spotlight: MyDoom Testing Your Patience?

MyDoom is quickly making the days of SoBig and Blaster seem like a walk in the park.

Prelude to a Secure Enterprise

Intrusion detection systems have come a long way since their humble beginnings in the mid-1990s. A new player on open source IDS scene offers the potential to be an enterprise-class gatekeeper that could become a security administrator's new best friend.

Bounty Set as MyDoom Builds Zombie Army

As the virulent MyDoom worm races across the Internet, building an army of computer zombies potentially 500,000 strong, The SCO Group is setting a $250,000 bounty on the virus author's head.

AntiOnline Security Spotlight: IDS with an Open Source Twist

An introduction to intrustion detection systems and basics on protecting your network with Snort.

Graceful UPS Shutdowns on Linux

There's nothing pleasant about the data corruption or even hardware damage that can result from a power failure. Carla Schroder explores how UPS units and a couple of Linux UPS tools can help safeguard your mission-critical computers.