As a security-tightening measure on individual Linux boxes, Ozancin recommends reviewing security-sensitive files, especially those installed set-UID or set-GID to run with the root user's authority (or equivalent).

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So you can see how all the Washington chest thumpers on behalf of middle class families might want to start their ill-advised belt-tightening right here, by targeting the one stimulus measure most directly tied to jobs.

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Mr Putin has also proposed tightening registration rules for migrant workers, even those from inside Russia a measure aimed at north Caucasians.

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