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A Computer Lab with No Windows, Part I
An application of the Linux Terminal Server Project in Manitoba's largest high school.
Working with industrial-strength databases
It's rare to find a PHP/PERL/Python developer who is also a database administrator. This is understandable. If they really spent time doing real database administration, their application development skills (or, at the very least, timelines) would suffer greatly for it. However, in some situations, where the back end is concerned, what you don't know can have a non-trivial and negative affect on your application's performance or security. At the very least, it will cause you to write a significant amount of front end code to do things a database feature might do for you with just a line or two of SQL or the tweaking of a configuration directive.
Debian alert: New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (alpha+i386+powerpc)
Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a critical
security vulnerability in the memory management code of Linux inside
the mremap(2) system call. Due to missing function return value check
of internal functions a local attacker can gain root privileges.
Trustix alert: kernel
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Trustix Secure Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic
functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation,
device input and output, etc.
Slackware alert: metamail security update
New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1,
and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer
overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution.
Gentoo alert: Clamav 0.65 DoS vulnerability
Oliver Eikemeier has reported a vulnerability in clamav, which can be
exploited by a malformed uuencoded message causing a denial of service
for programs that rely on the clamav daemon, such as SMTP daemons.
Red Hat alert: Updated kernel packages resolve security vulnerabilities
Updated kernel packages that fix security vulnerabilities which may allow
local users to gain root privileges are now available. These packages also
resolve other minor issues.
Slackware alert: Kernel security update (SSA:2004-049-01)
New kernels are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix
a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap() call which
could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges.
Please note that this is not the same issue as CAN-2003-0985
which was fixed in early January.
Open source group complains to ACCC about SCO licence
[LXer Editor: The ACCC is the "Australian Competition and Consumer Commission"] An open source industry cluster in Victoria has asked the consumer watchdog to investigate concerns which it says have arisen from the SCO Group's announcement, on January 20, of the availability of a licence in Australia and New Zealand which "permits the use of SCO's intellectual property, in binary form only, as contained in Linux distributions."
Fedora Core 2-test1: A Good Start Down a Long Road
Couldn't stop myself from trying the new Fedora 2-test1 release, even if it is an alpha!
Open Solutions' Architecture Supports Linux
Open Solutions Inc., a provider of integrated data processing technologies for community financial institutions, announced it has successfully completed its Linux pilot program and has validated Linux running in a live processing environment.
Sun Lights No Fires Under Linux
The Linux desktop is almost ready for prime time. Almost, I said. That's no mean feat, considering the two big challenges it faces in the workplace. On one hand, enterprises have relied for years on the potential manageability of the Windows platform; on the other hand, many users equate slicker graphics with better performance. Unfortunately, pretty pictures aren't enough to convince IT that there's anything as manageable as a Windows desktop is; if that were the case, Apple would rule the desktop.
Can Open-Source Software Survive an Audit?
The open-source community argues that with thousands of eyes looking at the code, the code is much more robust and the security of the resulting products is near absolute. But any CIO or CFO who hasn't heard that this is the method of the open-source community -- and who will be going through an IT audit -- will probably be reaching for the heart-attack pills about now.
Debian Weekly News - February 17th, 2004
Welcome to this year's seventh issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for
the Debian community. The debian-desktop sub-project has
announced an IRC meeting on Wednesday, February 25th. Andrea
Mennucc conducted several Google searches and found out that
Debian is ranked in the middle field of popular distributions. Pablo
Lorenzzoni also announced that registration for this years'
Debian conference has opened.
Richard Stallman: MyDoom and you
If anyone has knowledge or evidence about who developed the virus, I hope he or she will come forth and make an accusation against specific people based on specific proof. But nobody should make accusations without proof, and there is no excuse for guilt by association. Not in New York, not in Cambridge, and not in the Free World.
Mozilla charges into Europe
The Mozilla Foundation announced on Tuesday that it is trying to stimulate more interest in its free and open-source products on this side of the Atlantic through a dedicated European operation.
Microsoft Code Leak Invokes Issues Beyond Security
The recent disclosure of a security hole revealed through the leak of Microsoft Windows 2000 and NT source code is raising several issues that the software giant will have to face as a result of the breach. Analysts are indicating that the leak could have a profound effect not only on the security of Microsoft's software but also on the company's worldwide reputation. The source-code leak -- coupled with a new Internet Explorer vulnerability discovered over the weekend -- mark the beginning of what is expected to be a painful period for Microsoft.
Mozilla Links Newsletter - 13 - February 17, 2004
This week: News, tips and tricks, poll, projects information, and more.
Montavista Linux Powers Softswitch from Iskratel
MontaVista Software, Inc., and Iskratel, has announced that MontaVista® Linux® Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) is the chosen operating system (OS) for Iskratel's SI2000 CS - Call Server, the nerve center in Iskratel's vision of next-generation networks (NGN).
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Receives Endorsement from EDA Consortium
The EDA recommended Red Hat Enterprise Linux specifically for the x86, Itanium 2 and Opteron hardware architecture.
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