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Computer Security Weekly, June 7, 1999

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Another point for open source in the security world. A version of Linux, known as Bastille Linux, is being developed specifically for the security conscious. Bastille Linux will not necessarily have additional security features; Linux already has plenty of those; but will be configured in such a way as to make it easier for a non-specialist to set up a secure system.

ftp site and the mail list information page

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Oh, yes, and one other thing that Australians won't be able to get if the new access restrictions actually come into play? It seems there are some dirty words in the source code for Linux...

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A course, and program, in computer forensics will be offered from the University of New Haven starting this summer. The courses will be available over the Internet. You can check it out at http://www.newhaven.edu/california.

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So those evil crackers have been corrupting Web sites for all US government agencies from the FBI to the Department ofFisheries? It may be that they have finally done someone a good turn. With all the bad press seems to have come at least an announcement that the government will be making a greater effort at security. We will wait and see if anything comes of it.

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Maybe not entirely security related, but perhaps it has more relevance than you think. Lots of lawyers and judges write books. Most of these disappear without a trace unless they turn out to have a nice line in mystery fiction. However, BC Chief Justice Allan McEachern seems to have done them two better. He has written a Compendium of Canadian law, aimed at the general public. Part one looks at the judiciary (courts and the legal process), part two examines the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and part three reviews criminal law. Even better, though, is the fact that it is being posted on the net, for constant updating. It took him two years of weekend work to put it together, and since it was finished late in '98 more than a dozen changes have been made due to important court decisions. You can look for part one at http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca

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