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Red Hat alert: Updated squid package fixes security vulnerability
An updated squid package is avaliable that fixes a security vulnerability in URL decoding and provides a new ACL type for protecting vulnerable clients.
Gentoo alert: Multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Courier
Remote buffer overflow vulnerabilites have been found in Courier-IMAP and Courier MTA. These exploits may allow the execution of abritrary code, allowing unauthorized access to a vulnerable system.
Gentoo alert: Multiple remote overflows and vulnerabilities in Ethereal
Mulitple overflows and vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal which may allow an attacker to crash the program or run arbitrary code.
Independent Status Reports (March 28, 2004)
The latest set of status reports includes updates from Link Toolbar, Feed Parser, CookieCuller, One Click, Email Vault for Mozilla (EVM) and Mozwho.
Minutes of the mozilla.org Staff Meeting of Monday 22nd March 2004
The minutes of the mozilla.org staff meeting of Monday 22nd March 2004 are now online. Issues discussed include Mozilla 1.7 final, Mozilla Firefox 0.9, Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 and trademark policy.
[India] Red Hat Scholarships worth Rs 10 Lakhs announced
Red Hat India, the Linux and Open Source provider together with Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology, IIT Mumbai announced the Red Hat Scholarships-The Open Source Challenge today. The program is open to students from engineering colleges across India and carries a scholarship amount of upto 10 lakhs.
Linux Kernel 2.6: the Future of Embedded Computing, Part II
More on how the 2.6 kernel makes for better embedded devices.
LXer Weekly Security Roundup - Mar 22, 2004 to Mar 29, 2004
There were 5 security alerts issued last week:
- 2 from Debian
- 1 from Fedora
- 2 from Gentoo
The GIMP 2.0 for Microsoft Windows - First Look
GIMP is a free digital-photograph and digital-image editing program for the Linux, Mac, Unix, and Windows platforms Use GIMP rather than Photoshop and save money
Explorer's tiny rivals worth look
When it comes to browsers, you might assume we've reached the end of history: There was a huge fight in the mid-1990s between Microsoft and Netscape, Microsoft won, and now everybody uses Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Yet that's not quite the whole story. A few small alternatives to IE are thriving, much like the first mammals running between the toes of slow-moving dinosaurs.
Mozilla Foundation Soliciting Proposals for Support Services
The Mozilla Foundation is exploring offering additional end user support options, in addition or instead of the existing telephone support provided by DecisionOne. To this end, the Foundation is soliciting proposals from companies or community members who wish to be awarded contracts to provide these services. Submissions must be well thought out and shown to be viable. Read the full article for complete details from the Foundation's Bart Decrem.
Sun to make changes in open source technology, says exec
A top official of Sun Microsystems has revealed that Sun will make fundamental changes in open source technology to be announced during a conference in Shanghai on June 2 and 3. Matt Thompson, director for Sun technology outreach who recently spoke at a conference on Java in Manila 2, said that these changes in open source technology are fundamental that would change how people look at Sun Microsystems.
Linux can help you appreciate the simple things on your computer
I like Linux because it is stable, secure and cheap. About the only viable objection to running it on your home computer is that it lags behind Windows in available software...My own inclination, at least for initial experiments, is to forget about Windows compatibility and current programs, and use Linux applications as much as possible. You'll find Linux equivalents for most; for example, even though you can't run Kazaa, you'll find Limewire a more than adequate substitute. A useful list you'll find is at Tucows.com. Also note that games, while available, are fairly hopeless and dated.
Ethereal 0.10.0-0.10.2 IGAP Overflow Remote Root Exploit
Here is the exploit code for a remote root vulnerability in ethereal.
Sunbird Project Section Added to Mozilla Calendar Website
These pages cover the Sunbird project and its goals, where one can download Sunbird and what its known issues are and how to build it.
Gentoo alert: UUDeview MIME Buffer Overflow vulnerability
A specially-crafted MIME file (.mim, .uue, .uu, .b64, .bhx, .hqx, and .xxe extensions) may cause UUDeview to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Linux: Reiser4 FileSystem Stabilizing
Those following the evolution of the Reiser4 filesystem will be interested in learning that it has become "fairly stable for average users", so much so that Namesys is soon planning to push patches to 2.6 kernel maintainer Andrew Morton. Once the two remaining known bugs are fixed, the warnings against using reiser4 on a production system will likely be removed.
NUST Pakistan, COMTEC Japan jointly release open source next generation multi agent system
RAWALPINDI : Prof Dr. Arshad Ali, Director General NUST Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) announced the beta release of the next generation Multi Agent System as public domain software, "SAGE" (Scalable fault Tolerant Agent Grooming Environment) is a software agent development environment, which is a cutting edge technology today, far richer than the object oriented software development approach.
Lotus Founder Mitch Kapor: "It's Just a Matter of Time" Before Open Source Prevails
Lawsuits such as those from The SCO Group are symptomatic of open source's success, says Mitch Kapor: "You know you're (really successful) when the big-time parasites show up." He was speaking to members of the Python community at the PyCon conference in Washington, DC.
Live Knoppix Installer Would Enable Recipe Distro's
While the folks at http://thelinuxbox.org were ironing out the logistical details of running their home desktop kit PC contest. They happened upon a Linux installer model http://thelinuxbox.org/Net_installer.html that could also help the GNU/Linux community generally. And is a logical extension of the joint 2004 predictions of Brian Proffit and Eric S. Raymond on the Linux Show http://www.thelinuxshow.com/archives/2004/tls-01-06-2004.mp3 (minute 31:50-35:00) that the various core distributions would all move to a dynamically upgradeable unified repositories model.
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