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Open Source Software: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Open source software is playing an increasingly important role in the marketplace. It is, however, still subject to misunderstanding at both the lay and legal level. This article will attempt to clarify some of the uncertainty by addressing two fundamental issues—what open source software is, and how it works.
POWER to the people: A history of chipmaking at IBM
In the last decade alone, IBM scientists have announced one semiconductor breakthrough after another: copper technology, silicon-on-insulator, silicon germanium, strained silicon, and low-k dielectrics. All of these technologies came out of IBM's fertile in-house research community. This prowess in modern chipmaking know-how didn't come out of a vacuum -- rather, it came out of the hermetically-sealed clean rooms of the most advanced R & D department in the semiconductor industry.
Debian alert: New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix several local root exploits (hppa)
Several local root exploits have been discovered recently in the Linux kernel. This security advisory updates the PA-RISC kernel 2.4.18 for Debian GNU/Linux.
Which Linux certification to choose?
Which certification should I pursue and what should I use as preparation? [Editor's note: they forgot to mention LinTraining but a fine short roundup nevertheless.]
Sun, Microsoft Pact Viewed As 'Unholy Alliance' Against Linux, IBM
During the conference Friday, neither CEO mentioned open source or Linux specifically as motivating factors. But their continual emphasis on intellectual property (IP) and patent rights--fighting words to those who back Linux and the open--source movement--signaled the formation of a proprietary software army.
HP ups pressure on rivals in Linux space
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has upped the ante in the battle to win market share in the increasingly fraught Linux space. Last week the vendor announced that it has made Novell's SuSE Linux its standard for customers that want an open source operating system for business desktops and notebook PCs.
Ballmer Outlines Sun Agreement Terms for Microsoft Employees
In a company-wide e-mail, Microsoft CEO characterizes Sun deal as 'a dramatic event in the industry.'
LXer Weekly Security Roundup - Mar 29, 2004 to Apr 05, 2004
There were 27 security alerts issued last week:
- 4 from Conectiva
- 7 from Debian
- 9 from Gentoo
- 2 from Mandrake
- 1 from OpenPKG
- 2 from Red Hat
- 2 from Trustix
Korea to work with neighbors on open source
Government authorities have reached an agreement with counterparts in China and Japan to promote the development of open-source computer operating systems such as Linux. The agreement is seen as a possible guard against over-reliance on Microsoft's Windows.
Forrester study questions Linux security
A study from Forrester Research has concluded that the Linux operating system is not necessarily more secure than Windows, with Linux distributors taking longer than Microsoft to patch security holes, although Microsoft flaws tended to be more severe.
Surprising forecast for Linux
despite the fact that Linux is becoming more pervasive and has begun to move into the mainstream, particularly with the advent of blade servers to which Linux is well suited, the International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts that Linux will not come near to replacing the Unix and Windows operating systems in the next three to four years.
The People Behind KDE: Wilbert Berendsen
The People Behind KDE is staying on base this week. The guy I'm interviewing is multi-talented and full of surprises, not only is he KDE-NL's own webmaster/translator/bug-submitter but also a musician and teacher. His favorite thing is his low-racer. You think a low racer is a kind of jeans style? Guess again... ;-] Get to know the person behind KDE-NL's website, Wilbert Berendsen!
Tune Your Linux Server
Tuning your Linux server can mean many things to many people. A portion of tuning is about security, insuring the configurations of the ftp, mail, ssh and web servers are properly setup to enable access and interaction with your server while tightening the belt for those who may be browsing through for potential back doors.
Linux kernel 2.6.5 released
Linux kernel version 2.6.5 has been released.
Debian alert: New fte packages fix buffer overflows
Steve Kemp and Jaguar discovered a number of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in vfte, a version of the fte editor which runs on the Linux console, found in the package fte-console. This program is setuid root in order to perform certain types of low-level operations on the console.
Debian alert: New sysstat packages fix insecure temporary file creation
Alan Cox discovered that the isag utility (which graphically displays data collected by the sysstat tools), creates a temporary file without taking proper precautions. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking isag.
Debian alert: New oftpd packages fix denial of service
A vulnerability was discovered in oftpd, an anonymous FTP server, whereby a remote attacker could cause the oftpd process to crash by specifying a large value in a PORT command.
Debian alert: New squid packages fix ACL bypass
A vulnerability was discovered in squid, an Internet object cache, whereby access control lists based on URLs could be bypassed (CAN-2004-0189). Two other bugs were also fixed with patches squid-2.4.STABLE7-url_escape.patch (a buffer overrun which does not appear to be exploitable) and squid-2.4.STABLE7-url_port.patch (a potential denial of service).
[Philippines] Open source has no future
Despite having pockets of communities spread across the country, open source software (OSS) has no future in the country's budding software development business, according to a software development expert.
Linux on desktop gaining in OS race
It looks like I'm going to have to reconsider something I'd been taking for granted -- that Linux on the desktop, and especially the laptop, was a non-starter in the operating systems race. While I wasn't paying sufficient attention, the proverbial tortoise has been playing some serious catch-up.
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