[newsforge daily] January 26, 2003

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January 26, 2003

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LinuxWorld wrapup: The futility of trying to see it all http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/167242

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - No one person can see everything at a show like LinuxWorld. I was on the go every second the show was open, and I didn't meet even a fraction of the 150+ exhibitors. And I barely had time to do more than poke my head into a few of the many conference sessions, even though they were at least as important as the goings-on in the exhibit hall.

Linux is a natural for India
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1423219

• By Prakash Advani - Today India is a hot topic for discussion as far as Linux is concerned. Many users around the world want to understand the mindset of Indians regarding Linux. This article attempts to give some insight to the market dynamics here, and how they make Linux a natural fit for India.

Linux Advisory Watch - January 24th 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1030256

• 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. This week, advisories were released for cups, canna, cvs, dhcp, libpng, kde, fnord, vim, printer-drivers, python, and susehelp. The distributors include Caldera, Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red ...

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The Linux Job Market is now in operation. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1225250

    Christopher Lozinski writes "The Linux Job Market is an easy-to-use     online database of Linux resumes, jobs and interviews. It is free to     post your resume. It is free to look at resumes."

Knee-Jerk Reactions in A Penguin World
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/26/1225223

    Timothy R. Butler writes "In our on-going GNU/Linux review series, we     have received much criticism from loyal users of the various     distributions we have covered."

DoD offering admin privileges on .mil Web sites http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1727242

    Care to register a .mil Web site of your own for free? The DoD has gone     out of its way to make it a snap. An unbelievably badly-protected admin     interface welcomes you to register whatever domain you please     (http://Rotten.mil anyone?), or edit anything they've already got....

JWZ Reviews Video on Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1619244

    Slashdot discussion: An anonymous reader writes "The inimitable JWZ     goes once again forth and reviews the state of video on Linux. Expect     no mercy."

Fujitsu, Intel to Work on Linux Servers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1617254

    TOKYO (AP)--Fujitsu Ltd. and Intel Corp. have agreed to jointly develop     high-end computer servers using the open-source Linux operating system.

The net's under attack (through MS SQL servers) http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1616238

    Peter Kis writes "As LinuxGear.info (and others: 1, 2, 3 etc.) write,     there's a worm obviously affecting MS SQL Servers and using them for     random DoS attacks (via UDP flooding though port 1434, ms-sql-m) waging     war on the net. The forum entry on forums.military.com mentioned above     says 5 root servers are down, other users report that in the Los     Angeles Area 95% of the web are gone. This seems to be one of the     biggest attack on the web ever."

Bill Gates Promises Better Security
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1614203

    (AP) Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is pledging to continue improvements     to security in his company's products, part of a high-stakes campaign     to convince large customers that Windows software is safe.

Hacker Steals Personal Data on Foreign Students http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1612223

    BrianWCarver writes "The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article     describing an incident in which "a hacker broke into the computers in     the international-students office of the University of Kansas last week     and stole personal information on more than 1,400 foreign students. The     university had collected the data for the Student and Exchange Visitor     Information System, or Sevis, a database that the U.S. Immigration and     Naturalization Service ...

Free Seminar 1/28: The Role of Product Marketing in Open Source http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1611205

    OSEP writes "This free seminar will take a look at how product     marketing can help open source software overcome barriers to entry into     the corporate environment. The presentation will be followed by an open     discussion among product marketing and open source professionals."

Debian Project Leader shares views
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/163254

    Anonymous Reader writes "DesktopLinux.com caught up with Debian Project     Leader Bdale Garbee to get his views on what makes Debian a leader."                                                             

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