[newsforge daily] February 21, 2003

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February 21, 2003

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Open Source security manual and training for ethical hacking http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1635246

• by Tina Gasperson -The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) has become an international open standard, according to its creator, Pete Herzog. It is used by large organizations like the U.S. Treasury Department, Home Depot, Verisign, and IBM, although Herzog says that he has a hard time getting entities that use the manual to talk much about it.

Free and Open Source Software developers: Please take this survey http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/0021212

• By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Its official name is The Free/Libre/Open Source Software Survey for 2003, and it's being conducted by a research group at Stanford University. Note that this is a survey for developers, not users. It asks questions like, "When did you first start participating in open source/free software development?" This is a serious study, funded by the National Science Foundation, and your participation is important no matter ...

Linux in residential gateways makes fiscal sense, says Arcturus http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/19/0156217

• by Tina Gasperson - Arcturus is an "embedded solutions" company that relies heavily on Linux in its products. Now the company is working with Samsung to provide what is basically the customizable insides of a residential gateway - sort of a fancy home router that's suitable for small businesses, too.

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Possible data write corruption problem on Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/0540225

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    Andy Tai writes "According to this report on sr5tech.com, current     GNU/Linux file systems (such as ext3 and reiserfs) suffer from possible     data corruption on IDE drives with write-back caching turned on. Even     though these file systems are journaled, the IDE controller may fool     the OS into thinking an I/O operation has been completed even though     the data are still in the drive buffer waiting to be written to disk.     The problem becomes more severe ...

Multiple vulnerabilities in KDE
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/21/009225

     It is recommended that all KDE users upgrade their packages. Please     note that after the new packages instalation, you must restart KDE in     order to run the new version.

Future fuzzier for Mac, Linux as MS buys Connectix http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/216248

     Linux fell off the roadmap yesterday when Microsoft announced it had     bought Connectix's virtual machine technology, and in characteristic     style pitched it as meaning that existing Windows users would now be     able to upgrade faster to new versions by running old windows virtually     on new Windows. Products differently-purposed from Connectix's Virtual     PC for Windows would therefore seem to us to stand in some considerable     peril, particularly as ...

FSF Announces Associate Membership Meeting http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/2040241

     FSF is hosting its first annual Associate Membership Meeting on     Saturday, March 15th, in Boston, Massachusetts, from 10:00am to 4:30pm.     In order to attend the meeting, one has to be a registered Associate     Member of FSF. You can sign up at member.fsf.org. The Annual Meeting     will be an opportunity for the Associate Members and the Board and     Staff to meet each other and for members to learn more about the work     and philosophy of the Foundation.

Mandrake Linux 9.1 is getting closer
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1955218

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    djoka03 writes "The first Release Candidate of Mandrake Linux 9.1 is     now available for download and testing. RC1 offers many new goodies     such as automatic network configuration (zeroconf), NTFS resizing, a     new Mandrake theme, and lots more. The release notes are available     here: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/91beta.php3"

Summit: DMCA Blocks Tech Progress
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1953203

    The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is threatening innovation in     Silicon Valley, and it's time for businesses and consumers to mobilize     to change the law.

Gnome previews free Linux fonts
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1920259

     Bitstream's beta version of the freely available fonts -- the result     of a recent agreement with the GNOME Foundation, are now available for     a preview. The final version is due in March 2003 and will have a     generous copyright that allow derivative works.

EnGarde Secure Linux Advisories: MySQL, MySQL-client, MySQL-shared, openssl, openssl-misc http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1916234

     This update fixes a double free() bug in the MySQL daemon that could     allow an attacker, with a specially crafted MySQL client, to crash the     server. The attacker also requires a valid user account.

Linux marches on Whitehall
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/195203

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    The UK government is seriously considering the use of open source     software in a major Whitehall IT project for the first time.

CirTran Receives Major Follow-On Order from Linux NetworX http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1848258

    CirTran Corp., a full-service contract electronics manufacturer of     printed circuit board assemblies, cables and harnesses, today announced     that it has received a major follow-on order from Linux NetworX. The     latest order is valued at approximately $160,000 and follows an initial     order from Linux NetworX for cable assemblies earlier this year.                                                             

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