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The Perfect Linux Firewall Part II -- IPCop & Copfilter
Joseph Guarino - Evolutionary IT™
This is the second segment in a series on installing the GNU/Linux IPCop firewall. We will be creating a “DMZ” for hosting our very own web server & mail server & configuring Copfilter to filter ingress and egress application layer network traffic.

The Debian project happily announces the re-availability of the packages.debian.org service on a new machine.

I use OpenOffice.org 2 every day. It works. It has all the features I need. It's fast. It's reliable. I can send files from it via email directly from my application. It's also secure, unlike Office. And, its file format can also be read now and forever-after by any program that uses the ODF

Oh, and did I mention that OO.o doesn't cost a penny, while Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 lists for $499?

OK, I give up, what's the problem with OO.o again? Let's get real for a minute. There has not been a significant upgrade in Office suite functionality, from anyone, since, oh, Office 97.

The annual African Internet Forum will be held in Nairobi from 18 to 19 May and is expected to be the largest gathering of Africa's expanding Internet community.

Hmmm ok - you are thinking about getting new computer hardware, either a desktop or a laptop.
The problem is: where would you get one - if you don’t build it yourself - without the “Redmond tax”?

The next version of the Carrier Grade Linux specification is out. Now, it's up to the vendors to get registered and prove themselves compliant. The OSDL has opened up registration for newly-released Carrier Grade Linux 3.2 specification (CGL 3.2). The new CGL specification is an evolution of the version 3 specification that was originally announced just over a year ago.

The term IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) is tied closely to the term IDS (Intrusion Detection System). Bad things happen, and you need to be able to detect when a server has been broken in to, not solely focus on preventing intrusions. The problem is that many host intrusion detection systems focus on monitoring only one host. The enterprise IT world isn't generally interested in applications that don't scale, and this is precisely where Samhain shines.

A group of academics and major vendors last week kicked off an open source project designed to give applications easier access to identity systems and users more control over their personal information. The Higgins Project will provide a set of adapters that plug into identity systems, such as directories, human resource systems or Web sites using native protocols or APIs.

I used to think a simple format of a hard drive was enough to make data recovery impossible, but I was wrong. To ensure that details of your secret love affair, bank account passwords, and daily porn site visits cannot be recovered, use shred.

Everyone who buys pay-per-click advertising worries about the loss-potential posed by click-fraud. And rightfully so. Any disgruntled employee, shady competitor, or seedy entrepreneuer can unleash a click-fraud campaign that takes money out of your pocket. So what's a savvy businessperson with a tight wallet to do? Email Battles ran a painful test, the results of which may offer some useful insights.

GRIDtoday spoke with Cluster Resources CTO David Jackson about the unique capabilities of the company's Moab family of solutions, which includes cluster, Grid and utility computing suites. Said Jackson: "We do what we do well, which is empower [companies] to deliver their skills seamlessly, efficiently and reliably."

I've tried many image browsers over the years, including IrfanView and ACDSee, but after using XnView, I can almost forget about the rest.

Still fighting Firefox memory leaks? Once you've exhausted all the programmatic options, you may want to cast a sharp eye toward your hardware. Question is, which changes give you the most bang for the buck? Email Battles steps you through the reasoning for each decision, then comes to a gratifying conclusion. And the best part, you won't have to move all your software and settings to a new machine.

StarOffice incorporates five components, called StarOffice Writer, StarOffice Calc, StarOffice Impress (a presentation package), StarOffice Base, and StarOffice Draw. This thorough article is a combination of a review of the functionality and Martin Brown's experiences of using StarOffice 8 for day-to-day tasks.

DistroWatch reports - The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.4rc1. A list of changes since 0.4pre2: created a package synchronization client and daemon (syncpkg and syncpkgd) to update packages faster; implemented 'fwcpan', a new tool to install any CPAN module; split OpenOffice.org, now all language packs and dictionaries can be installed and removed separately; more than 80 new packages: Xgl (with a step by step howto), Beagle....

OSDir took this Frugalware release for a spin in their Frugalware Linux 0.4 RC1 Screenshot Tour.

Google Maps API along with DB2, PHP, JavaScript, and XML let you create an easy-to-use map with your data on it. Pan to your zip code to see area-specific data. Use custom icons, change the map type, create a sidebar, and use event handlers. The author and his 9th grader son walk you through the process.

Sun Microsystems' Simon Phipps reflects on company's new software strategies.

Welcome to our issue number 36 of Fedora Weekly News.

Open source software has become an integral part of an array of network and IT products, but making a business out of a free Linux-like WAN router operating system and commodity PC hardware will be a challenge, observers and experts say.

Build a Linux cluster for under $2500. That is crazy -- or maybe not. Join Doug and Jeff as they undertake this outrageous project.