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[newsforge daily] August 16, 2003
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 02:30:25 EDT
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August 16, 2003
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Linux Advisory Watch - August 15th 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/1135217
- by Benjamin D. Thomas - This week, advisories were released for lynx, zblast, perl, kernel, signal, iBCS2, ddskk, konquerer, man-db, xpcd, stunnel, postfix, and php. The distributors include Conectiva, Debian, FreeBSD, Gentoo, Red Hat, SuSe, Trustix, and TurboLinux.
Linux: Just what the doctor ordered
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1622242
- by Joe Barr - Ever wonder how the general public would cope with Linux on the desktop if they tried it?  Here is one small data point suggesting that the delta in ease of use between the Linux desktop and the monopoly desktop is not that great.  No, I'm not talking about the recently released usability study comparing the ease of use between Windows XP and Linux by relevantive in Germany.  I'm talking about a public waiting room in a ...
Switch to Linux, stay out of jail
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/13/1258252
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - It's a scary thought, but Windows users may actually risk going to jail if they don't protect themselves well enough from the many worms, viruses and 'Trojans' that can infect their operating system. Don't believe me? Go read this story. Then come back and learn how to protect yourself against this problem.
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Microsoft Security Update -- Blaster Worm http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/2123205
Anonymous Reader writes "Microsoft has begun contacting community websites with urgent information regarding the Blaster Worm and has requested that we post the following message. Recognizing that many of our readers work in environments where there are Microsoft Windows based computers, or use Windows on their own systems, we bring you the following message from Microsoft . . ."
Debian Hits Double Digits on August 16th! http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/177200
There has been a lot of disjointed talk about how to celebrate Debian's 10th birthday, so Debconf.org is running this page as a place to coordinate the various parties etc that are bound to be organised.
Open-Source King of Data Backup
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/175219
Rsync lacks many critical features of an enterprise back-up system, including live database backups and tape rotation and scheduling, says Mike McHenry, a senior network engineer for Lighthouse Communications.
New Linux supercomputer in works
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/168235
Another Linux supercomputer cluster with Advanced Micro Devices Opteron chip is in the works, this time for Los Alamos National Laboratory's nuclear weapons testing program.
The NetBeans IDE 3.5.1: Chinese and Japanese Versions http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/1453239
Anonymous Reader writes "PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC -- August 15, 2003 -- The NetBeans.org open source project announces the immediate availability of the NetBeans IDE 3.5.1 and the first official NetBeans' releases in the Japanese and Chinese languages (download here). Currently NetBeans IDE is available in Chinese, English, Japanese, French and Russian.
Hackers Explained (PART II) The Techniques http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/1412218
Anonymous Reader writes "This is the second and last part of the Hackers Explained article, this part will discuise some hacking techniques what is used in the field for some while."
Sangoma Technologies' Powerful WAN Cards Provide Faster and More Reliable Connectivity for Broadc http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/1359205
Nick Maddicks writes "Sangoma Technologies Corporation has been selected by Streambox Inc. (www.streambox.com), a leading technology company for low bitrate real-time video encoding, delivery and decoding solutions for the broadcast industry, to support its high-speed video transfer technology.
Joining the Cult of Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/1333222
"People want stuff that conforms to standards or is similar to what they already have," says Aberdeen analyst Bill Claybrook. "Nobody wants some 'open-source' thing by Joe Blow. Enterprises who have 5,000 or 10,000 users don't want that stuff."
SCO Group reports third-quarter profit
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/15/1313254
SCO Group Inc. swung to a profit in its fiscal third-quarter and said Thursday it can afford to bankroll its legal fight over the Linux operating system.
Knoppix as an MSBlaster work-around
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/08/14/2127204
holtocow writes "For those frustrating situations where you can't keep your machine up long enough to get online and download a fix because of malicious app such as the recent MSBlaster worm, why not do what Dean Peters suggests and keep a copy of Knoppix duct-taped to the side of your computer? This Linux-based solution boots entirely from the CD and includes all the tools you need to get online and download appropriate patches. It can also be ...
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