Keeping your Debian system secure
In order to receive the latest Debian security advisories, subscribe to the debian-security-announce mailing list.
You can use apt to easily get the latest security updates. This requires a line such as

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
For more information about security issues in Debian, please refer to the Security Team FAQ and a manual called Securing Debian.
Recent Advisories
These web pages include a condensed archive of security advisories posted to the debian-security-announce list.

[10 Mar 2010] DSA-2011 dpkg
path traversal

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Adding a script to the /etc/rc.d/rc#.d/ directory with either an S or K prefix, adds the script to the boot or shutdown process. The scripts are run in numerical order. S20abc is run before S30xyz. The extensibility to the boot and shutdown procedures of the operating system is one of the strengths of UNIX. The orderly sequential initiation of processes can be coordinated for dependent processes. The orderly shutdown of processes is often required of …

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This is just a quick post about SSL generated keys. By default, when you generate a new key file using openssl you will notice that it will ask you for a password. This is really annoying as we use this on a HTTPS webserver. Apache will ask for the SSL password every time you restart it. The steps below shows you how to get rid of this password.
Backup the original key file:
cp yourkeyfile.key yourkeyfile.passwd.key
Remove the SSL password from the key …

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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Fedora 13: “The Fedora 13 ‘Goddard’ alpha release is available. Among the top features for end users, we have: automatic print driver installation so when you plug in a USB printer, Fedora will automatically offer to install drivers for it if needed; automatic installation of language packs; redesigned user management interface; color management to better set and control your colors for displays, printers, and scanners; NetworkManager improvements include …

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