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Immunix Secured Linux 7+ Released

From:  Crispin Cowan <crispin@wirex.com>
To:  lwn@lwn.net
Subject:  Immunix Secured Linux 7+ Released
Date:  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:44:01 -0800

WireX Communications is pleased to announce the release of Immunix 
Secured Linux 7+.

Immunix Secured Linux 7+ is similar to RedHat 7.0, with security updates 
for dozens of vulnerabilities, compiled with WireX's StackGuard and 
FormatGuard modifications. The 2.2.19 Linux kernel is extended with 
several Openwall technologies as well as WireX's SubDomain mandatory 
access control technologies.

New in this release: RaceGuard, a kernel enhancement to prevent the 
exploitation of temporary file race attacks. The RaceGuard USENIX 
Security paper can be found here http://wirex.com/~crispin/raceguard.pdf

For more information on Immunix technologies, please see: 
http://www.immunix.org/

Immunix 7+ successfully competed in the Defcon Capture the Flag hacker 
games. Although the Immunix team won second place, our Immunix OS 
machine was never compromised: http://www.wirex.com/News/

Immunix 7+ can be purchased from WireX for $195. This price includes a 
$195 coupon towards the purchase price of Immunix Secured Linux 7.3. 
Immunix 7.3 will be released sometime this summer; updates for Immunix 
7+ will cease shortly after Immunix 7.3 is released. We no longer 
support Immunix 7.0.

Immunix 7+ also includes a coupon for a free Immunix t-shirt 
http://www.wirex.com/img/logos/imx_penguin_small.gif T-shirts can also 
be purchased independently from CultureJunkie.com 
http://www.culturejunkie.com/shop/cgi/quikstore.cgi?category=T-Shirts

WireX's licensing model is changing slightly with this release of 
Immunix. We will no longer offer .iso images for free download. Existing 
users of Immunix 7.0, both Free and Commercial, can apply the updates in 
Immunix 7+ at no cost, but must continue to abide by either the Immunix 
Commercial or Immunix Non-Commercial license; Immunix Commercial if you 
purchased Immunix 7.0, Immunix Non-Commercial if you simply downloaded 
Immunix 7.0.

Immunix 7+ is only available under the Immunix Commercial license. There 
are no free versions. However, as always, WireX honors the GPL,  and 
source code for GPL software is available here 
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/SRPMS/

The Immunix 7+ Commercial License is available here: 
http://www.immunix.org/Immunix_Commercial_License

Immunix 7+ can be purchased here: http://www.wirex.com/shop/index.php 
E-mail sales@wirex.com for educational and volume pricing.

Crispin

-- 
Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.                      http://wirex.com/~crispin/
Chief Scientist, WireX                    http://wirex.com
HP/Trend Micro Immunix Secured Solutions
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/solutions/iis/
                Just say ".Nyet"


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