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@@ -259,10 +259,6 @@ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/misc/japh .
 Over a hundred quips by Larry, from postings of his or source code,
 can be found at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/misc/lwall-quotes.txt.gz .
 
-Newer examples can be found by perusing Larry's postings:
-
-    http://x1.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=*&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=terse&showsort=date&maxhits=100&subjects=&groups=&authors=larry@*wall.org&fromdate=&todate=
-
 =head2 How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version 5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language?
 
 If your manager or employees are wary of unsupported software, or
@@ -310,16 +306,18 @@ In August 2000 in all Linux distributions a new security problem was
 found in the optional 'suidperl' (not built or installed by default)
 in all the Perl branches 5.6, 5.005, and 5.004, see
 http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/sperl-2000-08-05/
+Perl maintenance releases 5.6.1 and 5.8.0 have this security hole closed.
+Most, if not all, Linux distribution have patches for this
+vulnerability available, see http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/ ,
+but the most recommendable way is to upgrade to at least Perl 5.6.1.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Tom Christiansen and Nathan
 Torkington.  All rights reserved.
 
-When included as an integrated part of the Standard Distribution
-of Perl or of its documentation (printed or otherwise), this works is
-covered under Perl's Artistic Licence.  For separate distributions of
-all or part of this FAQ outside of that, see L<perlfaq>.
+This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
 Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples here are in the public
 domain.  You are permitted and encouraged to use this code and any