[newsforge daily] January 03, 2003

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January 03, 2003

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Linux Advisory Watch - January 3rd, 2002 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/03/0956214

    By:&nbsp; 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.

Trustworthy Computing in 2002
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/1445254

• By Chris Pike, reprinted from Pikeus - 2002 was the year that Linux made big news and Microsoft admitted it was their greatest threat. Microsoft's continued attempts at spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) in an effort to turn people away from Linux and Open Source didn't get them anywhere. Their focus on increased security didn't get them anywhere either. To top it off, they even ended up paying people to use their software.

Jay Sulzberger on Free Software (and computing freedom) advocacy http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/01/2336222

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Jay Sulzberger is a high-profile Free Software advocate, best known as Secretary of LXNY. He's also active on behalf of Internet and computer freedom in general. Other activists don't always agree with Jay's viewpoints, but this never stops him. What follows are some quotes about his beliefs and his approach to free this-and-that advocacy in general. All words that follow except the subheads, links [and editorial ...

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Fortune: Stocks [ and Tux ] Say Happy New Year http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2351243

    NZheretic writes "Linux rates another mention in Fortune: Deep Blue     says: "How does MS compete with an army of Penguins? 'A new report by     IDC Financial Services says leading edge capital market companies are     turning to Linux for mission-critical applications as well as     fundamental apps, like basic infrastructure, e-mail and printer     servers.' And you know that financial companies are always the ice     breakers when it comes to technology--they get ...

Derivative Works
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2155248

    Many users of open-source software are frightened by the term     ``derivative works''. They worry they might accidentally create     derivative works and put their own proprietary software under an     open-source license. This is a complex topic that courts and lawyers     disagree on, but I think we find definitions to ease people's concerns.

GTK+OSX available for Mac OS X
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2153210

    GTK+OSX is a native Mac OS X port of the Linux-based GTK+ open source     graphical user interface library. GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit) is a widget     library supporting graphical applications for Linux.

What bright idea will hatch next?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2150205

    With New Year's Eve relegated to the ranks of - perhaps hazy - memory,     the day has dawned on a new year, prime time for pundit pontification     about what the next 364 days will bring.

Adopting Open Standards is not a radical move http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2139205

    Voodoo Press writes "The lights are beginning to shine through the FUD     and marketing efforts of the corporate interests who say that Linux is     more costly and has less features than its competition. The surest     proof of this was evidenced in an article in this month's Proceedings     magazine in the Professional Notes section authored by Captain John W.     Yarger, USMC, Information Systems Security Manager at the Marine Corps     Training and Education ...

GeekButtons.com to donate 25 cents per GNU button http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/2137229

    Anonymous Reader writes "GeekButtons.com, a leading provider of Geek     related buttons, has announced it will be donating twenty-five cents to     the Free Software Foundation (FSF.ORG) per GNU button sold thru     http://www.geekbuttons.com/. The GNU category on GeekButtons can be     found at the following URL.
    http://www.geekbuttons.com/store/cgi-bin/cp-app.cg     i?pg=cat&amp;ref=gnufsf"

Linux Number Crunching: Languages and Tools http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/1639250

    Slashdot: ChaoticCoyote writes " You've covered some of my past forays     into benchmarking, so I thought Slashdot might be interested in Linux     Number Crunching..."

Linux and Forensic Discovery
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/1639207

    Slashdot: Max Pyziur writes "Found this on cryptome.org where Linux is     cited in a DOJ document against Moussaoui (sometimes referred to as the     "20th man")."

MandrakeSecurity Multi Network Firewall released. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/1635250

    FN-Eagle writes "MandrakeSoft's integrated network security solution,     Multi Network Firewall (MNF), combines firewall, Virtual Private     Network (VPN), intrusion detection, and traffic management functions     into an easy-to-use product."

Y2K cycle to push Linux, thin client
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/02/1633251

    Independent IT management consultant Ian Howard expects some resurgence     in 2003 thanks to the Y2K product lifecycle. And Linux, thin client and     terminal servers will be the main beneficiary of the trend, he says.                                                             

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