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First Maintenance Update for Firefox 3

Mozilla has just released version 3.0.1 of the Firefox browser; the first maintenance update removes a couple of vulnerabilities and fixes a some minor bugs.

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1000 MASTERPIECES The Sysadmin’s Daily Grind: FuzzyOCR

The latest trend is to hide spam in images. The admin’s response: an OCR tool that extracts the texts and feeds them to the spam filter.

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TAR TANGLE Using tarpits to trap spammers

A tarpit slows down spam by reducing the effectiveness of the spammer’s weapons.

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SPAM SLAM Comparing antispam appliances and services

Spam filters can help smooth the waves in your inbox, as long as they are reliable and don’t have too many side effects. We’ll show you what we found when we tested five antispam appliances and two service providers.

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PLEASANT DREAMS Secure scripts with Apache Suexec

For many admins, the security of a web application is more important than its performance. If you have a web server with multiple users, the Suexec module can help you avoid problems associated with globally writable directories.

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CHILDPROOF Firefox content filters

Firefox has a reputation of being the most innovative Web browser. We show you how to apply Firefox’s distribution-specific tools to make browsing the web safer for your children.

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HTML Purifier 3.0: For PHP5 Only, More CSS

Version 3.0.0 of HTML Purifier, a PHP library for purifying HTML has just been released with numerous new features.

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Firefox 2.0.0.8 Removes Vulnerabilities

Several vulnerabilities in Firefox allow remote attacks on 2.x versions: updating to 2.0.0.8 closes the gaps.

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Rikki's Open Source Exchange

Stop by Rikki's Open Source Exchange for dispatches from the world of women in open source.

Rikki Kite examines the experience of women across the spectrum of open source –
the people, projects, organizations, events, articles, issues, and news.

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