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November 23, 2002

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Linux Advisory Watch - November 22nd 2002 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/1558234

Do you need help?

By:  Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability.

Enterprise-level software vendors can no longer ignore Linux http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/20/1940257

By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - A quote from a LUG email list: "...my manager has (finally) given me the go ahead to research moving all of our current Unix operations to Linux." The alternative, says the person who sent this email, is Windows. The company in question* has a stack of (leased) AIX RS6000 servers. As a cost-cutting measure, they plan to drop the lease when it comes up for renewal. The engineering staff people who use the AIX servers ...

Apt-don't-get: security.debian.org was fried - literally http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/21/1635230

by Tina Gasperson -This afternoon the fires are out, but yesterday at the University of Twente in The Netherlands (the home of security.debian.org, non-us.debian.org and other servers), was ablaze with a "massive fire."

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Father of Java Sounds Off
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/224226

James Gosling, the father of Java and a fellow at Sun Microsystems Inc., graced the Software Development Conference and Expo East 2002 with his presence this week, addressing a wide range of issues from Sun's software strategy to Web services to embedded Java to open-source software.

Open-Source Security Comes Under Fire
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/222225

Thanks to several high-profile vulnerabilities and an overall increase in the number of flaws, open-source software has taken over Microsoft Corp.'s position at the bottom of the security heap. Oh my God!! No!!

Do you need more help?

New security.debian.org server after fire in Twente http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/220239

The Debian Team has reinstalled security.debian.org on the host klecker, which is hosted at XS4all in the Netherlands. We apologize that it took about two days to resurrect this important service, but we are happy that it only cost two days.

BroadQ releases Gold version of QCast Tuner with Linux support http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/2158216

Anonymous Reader writes "QCast Tuner turns a standard Sony PlayStation 2 with a Sony network adaptor into a true multimedia platform that can be simply connected to your PC (Window, MAC or Linux)and home network. Software costs $49.95 and is available online at www.broadq.com."

Automatic Session Management on the Apache Server http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/2155229

Tara Rinke writes "Tulsa, OK -- Farpointer Technologies today announced new automated session management for the Apache server."

Laptop burns man's genitals
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/1442254

The unnamed 50-year-old father of two had balanced the computer on his lap while he wrote the report at home, ... The following day, he started to develop painful blisters on his foreskin and scrotum, which became infected but eventually cleared up without the need for antibiotics.

Can we help you?

Book Review: Real World Linux Security, 2/e http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/1437227

LogError writes "Well written, filled with lots of interesting tips and facts about securing the Linux environment, the book can be used both for pumping your knowledge and as a reference in your future security related work."

QtScape needs programmers if it is to survive http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/1436243

Anonymous Reader writes "One of the landmark projects in Linux desktop development is in danger of disappearing due to lack of interest. The project is QtMozilla, formerly known as QtScape."

No More Music Piracy, Por Favor
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/1436203

The Mexico Supreme Court's move to quieter digs becomes an unlikely rallying point for the Recording Industry Association of America, which blames pirated CDs for disturbing the justices' peace.

A question of trust
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/11/22/1435227

Microsoft plans for a online archive of our lives are a bit too much for technology consultant Bill Thompson.

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