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[osdn starter] September 18, 2003
Date: Thu Sep 18 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
JetBlue Gives Away Passenger Info To TSA?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/0142221
[0]Old Ben Franklin writes "In September of 2002, JetBlue Airways
[1]secretly gave the Transportation Security Administration the full
travel records of 5 million JetBlue customers. This sensitive travel
data was then turned-over to a private security contractor for
analysis, the results of which were presented at a security conference
earlier this year and the analysis then posted on the Internet." This
comes after Wired News's [2]recent article on this matter, explaining
that "...the proposed government system to prevent terrorism by
color-coding airline passengers according to their risk level will be
tested using old passenger itineraries from JetBlue", but quoting a TSA
spokesman as saying that "currently only fake passenger data was being
used."
Links
0. mailto:benfranklin@dontspyon.us
1.
http://www.dontspyon.us/jetbluescandal.html
2.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60456,00.html
Half-Life 2 - A Linux User's Lament
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/0057216
[0]jvm writes "If you're a gamer with a pulse, you've probably heard
about the impending release of [1]Valve's [2]Half-Life 2. As a gamer
and a Linux user, I always get a little stirred up about the whole
Half-Life situation, where we have a dedicated server but no client. So
here's my [3]reflection on the sad situation, past and present. How
will the rest of the Linux gaming community react to the release of
Half-Life 2? Boot into Windows? Wait for [4]WINE or [5]WineX support?
Get the Xbox version? With so many Half-Life servers running on Linux,
will the same be true for Half-Life 2?"
Links
0.
http://curmudgeongamer.com/
1.
http://www.valvesoftware.com/
2.
http://www.vugames.com/product.do?gamePlatformId=470
3.
http://linuxgames.com/?dataloc=articles/hl2lament/
4.
http://winehq.com/
5.
http://transgaming.com/When Does Website Monitoring Go Too Far? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/015203
[0]jafiwam asks: "Recently, the IT department of the company I work for
and a 3rd party monitoring and security firm got into a pissing match
about how much monitoring is too much. They either got a hold of a
customer list from a former employee or walked our IP space to find our
web hosting customers. They then proceeded to sell them monitoring
services for things such as server up-time, defacement detection, email
up-time and DNS testing. While I welcome anything that lets our
customers use the internet effectively, their set of monitoring servers
filled an entire 18 gig partition full of web server logs (causing the
server to crash on a weekend) and choked an email server with 40k some
messages that could not be delivered, and they failed to properly brief
the hosting customers about what would happen to their log analysis
software when faced with 99% traffic from a small set of IPs. These
things caused down-time, lost productivity and a damaged reputation.
What is appropriate for monitoring a web site and email server? Who
should be allowed to monitor? Where should the give and take lie in
this situation? I am interested in finding out what admin-on-the-street
has to say about this."
Links
0. mailto:jafiwam@yahoo.com
Yahoo Shutting Out Third-Party IM Clients? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/2358240
[0]prostoalex writes "Following the lead of [1]America Online's
previous attempts and [2]MSN's actions, Yahoo [3]is planning an update
that may cut out third-party providers like [4]Trillian or [5]Gaim. If
you're a current Trillian user with a valid Yahoo ID, you probably
noticed the new welcome message: 'Yahoo! is upgrading to its newest
version of Yahoo! Messenger on September 24, 2003. The upgrade is part
of an ongoing process to continually enhance the overall quality of the
Yahoo! Messenger service for our millions of users'." Update: 09/18
01:17 GMT by [6]S: Trillian has [7]just released a patch that updates
the IM software "...to the newest Yahoo! and MSN protocols, to remove
the recent upgrade messages."
Links
0.
http://www.itfacts.biz/
1.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/31/1547244&tid=120
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/0059234&tid=109
3.
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5078361.html
4.
http://trillian.cc/
5.
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
6. mailto:simoniker@NOSPAM.slashdot.org
7.
http://www.trillian.cc/downloads/
Slashback: Blaster, Sabers, Canada
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1542246
Slashback tonight brings you more on the recent cracking of GSM encryption,the odds of file sharers escaping industry scrutiny in Canada, the recently found (and stomped) OpenSSH bug, installation-time ads in Mandrake, and more. Read on below for the details.
Astronomers Upset About Asteroid Panic
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/2225221
DrMorpheus writes "According to the New Scientist, astronomers are
[0]horrified by press scares over asteroids - including the recent
furore over QQ47 - which briefly had a one-in-a-million chance of
crashing into our planet in 2014. So much so that they are toning down
the scale they use to rate the threat posed by asteroids in an attempt
to discourage journalists from [1]covering potential collisions. Some
even want the way asteroids are assessed to be completely overhauled."
Links
0. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994178
Intel Demos New P4 'Extreme Edition'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1826213
[0]typobox43 writes "Louis Burns of Intel displayed a "high-definition
video stream [1]running on a 'mystery' desktop processor." This
processor turned out to be the new Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.20
GHz, with an extra 2 Megabytes of cache."
Links
0. mailto:typobox43@yahoo.com
Verisign Typosquatter Explorer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1823217
jelyon quotes[0] Seth Finkelstein's website "I have written a program "
Verisign Typosquatter Explorer" in order to examine [the Verisign]
suggestions [for mistyped domains]. Future data may be analyzed as
interest permits. Note tests with some domains seem to return results
which are not constant, i.e. differences when the program is run
repeatedly. This is not a program bug. Reloading the Verisign page also
changes which squat-suggested domains are displayed. I don't believe
it's an advertising rotation, but the behavior is similar to that
practice."
Links
0. http://sethf.com/domains/verisquat/
Taking a Closer Look at the P2P Subpoenas http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1545238
An anonymous reader writes "Cnet is reporting a federal appeals court on Tuesday [0]scrutinized the details of a 1998 copyright law, wondering whether it permits the wide-scale unmasking of alleged peer-to-peer pirates by the music industry." The issue, of course, is the constitutionality of the DMCA subpoena process which is among the more evil components of the often-criticized law. Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5077240.html
British Court Issues Bizarre Copyright Ruling http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1548221
[0]dipfan writes "In a re-run of the Lotus v Borland case that went to
the US Supreme Court, the High Court in London has allowed a
[1]copyright infringement battle between two rival airline booking
programs to go to trial, despite agreement by all sides that the two
programs are written in different code. The airline [2] Easyjet is
being sued by software house [3]Navitaire, creators of an online
booking system called Openres, over Easyjet's booking system named
eRes, developed by [4]Bulletproof Technologies of California. Openres
was written in Cobol, while eRes was written in Visual Basic, and the
programs are also different in structure. But, according to the FT
article: 'Parallels had been drawn between appropriating the
"functional structure" of a computer system and commandeering the plot
of a book, the judge noted.' If Navitaire wins, then any program that
works like another program - even if written in different code - could
be vulnerable. What happened to the principle that you can't copyright
an idea? [5]Bulletproof is counter-suing Navitaire in the district of
Utah."
Links
0.
http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org
1.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479889055
2.
http://www.easyjet.com/
3.
http://www.navitaire.com/html/aboutus.htm
4.
http://www.bproof.com/
5.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/06/HNaccenturesued_1.html
Linux.com
Modern Cryptography
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1954237
With the Internet and the concerns it raises about privacy and security, the need for a book on cryptography from an expert source has never been greater. This book is a rich informative source and an introduction to a wide range of background knowledge for practitioners. In depth, it provides good reference material and a collection of ideas for the academic and industrial researchers.
IBM posts fix for DB2 Linux security flaw http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1952231
A security flaw in Linux editions of IBM's DB2 database could allow unauthorized users to seize control of a database's contents, Big Blue revealed.
New Intel chip moves away from focus on speed http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/2040254
Intel Corp. is working on a new chip technology that allows personal computers to continue with one task, such as streaming video, while powering down and rebooting, the chipmaker's Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini said Tuesday.
New buffer overflow threatens OpenSSH systems http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1922211
Michael S. Mimoso writes "A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in OpenSSH that could lead to system crashes. Experts said exploits are being traded in the wild, but as of now, code execution is not possible by exploiting this flaw."
GNOME Beta Shows New Desktop Strength
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/196201
The GNOME Project's GNOME 2.4 exhibits continued improvement over previous versions, with particular gains in its Nautilus file manager and accessibility. GNOME 2.4 can form the foundation of an effective, usable mainstream corporate desktop. As open-source software, GNOME 2.4 is freely available, but most will acquire it through their Linux distributor.
Introduction to integration servers
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1958231
Integration servers are the center of the universe when it comes to application integration. They are not "general-purpose" middleware products such as message queuing or transactional software. Indeed, integration servers were built from the ground up to solve the application integration problem, both intra- and inter-company. Integration servers are part of the solution set for most application integration problems.
Intel offers glimpse of future XScale technologies http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1830217
Intel today disclosed key technical details of next-generation Intel XScale processors for cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices. The upcoming processors, code named "Bulverde," will add several new features that will help enable wireless devices to capture higher quality pictures, extend battery life, and deliver fast multimedia performance. Bulverde is a key component of the Intel Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel PCA), the ...
LG ships AMD-powered Linux desktop
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/185213
LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd is now distributing an AMD-powered Linux desktop targeting the SoHo and corporate markets.
Tilting at Windmills: A response to Rob Enderle http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1859202
A thoughtful piece which includes a rather surprising tidbit about the ownership of controlling interest of the Gartner Group.
SCO - Action against RedHat, just not yet http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1742228
Anonymous Reader writes "SCO have filed a motion to dismiss the Red Hat law suit saying there is no controversy, SCO never threatened to sue Red Hat, and SCO's comments against Linux are protected by the first amendment. SCO expanded their comments in the press today. Apparently they think Red Hat's Linux does infringe, Red Hat's users must pay license fees (but not Red Hat themselves), and that SCO might take action against Red Hat in future - ...
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