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[osdn starter] September 23, 2003
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 01:00:55 EDT
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Slashdot
Ward Hunt Ice Shelf Breaks In Two
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/014251
[0]heidi writes "CNN has this story on the [1]breakup of the largest
ice cap. A permanent feature for the previous 3,000 years, it has
broken into two pieces. "The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, on the north coast of
Ellesmere Island in Canada's Nunavut territory, broke into two main
parts, themselves cut through with fissures. A freshwater lake drained
into the sea, the researchers reported.""
Links
0. mailto:hschmidt@hollins.edu
Knoppix 3.3 Is Out
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2315211
[0]maedls.at writes "After 6 months of development, the latest version
of Knoppix 3.3 is out - Kernel 2.4.22 with HIGHMEM (4GB) support, KDE
3.1.3, XFree86 4.3, OpenOffice 1.0.3 (German and English), KOffice
1.2.1, new boot options for RAM or hard-disk preload of the CD.
Possibility to create a persistent homedir with personal data and
desktop settings on a memory stick or similar, optional with AES
encryption." The [1]main Knoppix site is still down in protest of
European software patent legislation (click on the link inside the
English paragraph to get to the meat of the site), but the excellent
knoppix.net has a [2]detailed changelog.
Links
0.
http://www.maedls.at
1.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/
2.
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5017
Mini-ITX AmigaONE Board
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/239215
[0]bhtooefr writes "When I was checking Mini-ITX.com, I found [1]this
little gem, info on the AmigaONE Lite board that will be coming out.
It's a Mini-ITX compliant motherboard, so you'll be able to throw an
Amiga in a Cubid case. [2]Pictures are here (first two - first is
without CPU, second is with)."
Links
0.
http://bhtooefr&softhome,net
1.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=866
2.
http://www.soft3.net/pages/pictures_e.php
Fulfilling the Promise of XML-based Office Suites? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2315236
[0]brentlaminack asks: "Almost a year ago [1]Tim Bray of XML fame [2]
said 'when the huge universe of MS Office documents becomes available
for processing by any programmer with a Perl script and a bit of
intelligence, all sorts of wonderful new things can be invented that
you and I can't imagine.' Now that [3] MS has dropped the ball on the
XML Office front, and [4] StarOffice has fulfilled its XML promise,
where are all those 'wonderful new things?' Is anybody out there
writing Perl/Java/whatever programs to take advantage of StarOffice
XML? Could this be an opportunity for Free/Open/Libre software to
leapfrog MS Office in real productivity as XML proponents have promised
all along?" What kinds of new and wonderful things can you come up
with?
Links
0.
http://laminack.com
1.
http://www.textuality.com/textuality.html
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/24/032243&tid=109
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/13/2031259&tid=109
4.
http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.htmlVeriSign Responds To ICANN's SiteFinder Advisory http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2255202
[0]dmehus writes "VeriSign's Naming and Directory Services division has
[1]written to ICANN President and CEO Paul Twomey regarding the recent
[2]advisory concerning VeriSign's [3]DNS wildcard redirection service.
In the letter, VeriSign's Rusty Lewis says that they are open to
independent and objective technical concerns expressed by various
Internet bodies; they have formed their own "independent" panel of
industry leading experts to produce its own, separate report; and they
will not voluntarily suspend SiteFinder. It's a very terse response,
and frankly, I'd have expected more from them. Slashdot readers are
encouraged to visit [4]ICANNWatch for in-depth, expert discussion on
this and other issues."
Links
0.
http://www.palacechat.us/
1.
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/lewis-to-twomey-21sep03.htm
2.
http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-19sep03.htm
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/16/0034210&tid=95
4.
http://www.icannwatch.org/
Linux Crypto Packages Demolished
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2127236
SiliconEntity writes "Cryptographer and security expert [0]Peter Gutmann has [1]demolished several Linux security software packages in a recent posting to the [2]cryptography mailing list. He says, 'It's possible to create insecure 'security' products just as readily with open-source as with closed-source software. CIPE and vtun must be the OSS community's answer to Microsoft's PPTP implementation. What's even worse is that some of the flaws were pointed out nearly two years ago, but despite the hype about open-source products being quicker with security fixes, some of the protocols still haven't been fixed.'" Links
0.
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/
1.
http://www.mit.edu:8008/bloom-picayune/crypto/14238
2.
http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography%40metzdowd.com/maillist.htmlListening Comparisons For Audio Codecs At 64kbps http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2053225
waaka! writes "[0]Hydrogenaudio has just wrapped up a [1]listening test
of various audio codecs at 64kbps. Check out [2]the results, where
[3]Ogg Vorbis performed quite well, scoring significantly better than
[4]WMA, [5]RealAudio and [6]QuickTime AAC, and kept pace with [7]MP3Pro
and [8]HE-AAC (AAC with the SBR extensions that MP3Pro uses). Clearly,
though, no codec can honestly claim 128 kbps MP3 quality at 64 kbps.
The charts at the end show entries for 128kbps LAME MP3 and 64kbps FhG
MP3, but these are used as high and low anchors for reference, as MP3
is really out of its league at bitrates such as these."
Links
0.
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/
1.
http://audio.ciara.us/test/64test/presentation.html
2.
http://audio.ciara.us/test/64test/results.html
3.
http://www.vorbis.com/
4.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/codecs/audio.aspx
5.
http://www.realnetworks.com/industries/resources/technology/realaudio.html
6.
http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/aac/
7.
http://www.mp3prozone.com/
8.
http://www.ahead.de/
Cyrillic Projector Code Finally Cracked
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/205244
[0]SimuAndy writes "An international group of cryptographers, the
Kryptos Group, [1]announced this week that the decade-old [2]Cyrillic
[3]Projector [4]Code has been cracked, and that it deciphers to some
classified [5]KGB instructions and correspondence. The Cyrillic
Projector is an encrypted sculpture at the University of North Carolina
in Charlotte, that was created by Washington DC artist [6]James Sanborn
in the early 1990s. It was inspired by the encrypted [7]Kryptos
sculpture that Sanborn created two years earlier for CIA Headquarters.
The message on the Cyrillic Projector has turned out to be in two
parts. The decrypted first part is a Russian text encouraging secret
agents to psychologically control potential sources of information. The
second part appears to be a partial quote from classified KGB
correspondence about the Soviet dissident Sakharov, with concerns that
his report to the [8]Pugwash conference was being used by the Americans
for an anti-Soviet agenda."
Links
0. mailto:andy@finkenstadt.com
1.
http://www.elonka.com/kryptos/CyrillicProjectorAnnouncement.html
2.
http://www.und.edu/org/crypto/crypto/general.crypt.info/Cyrillic.cipher
3.
http://www.ncarts.org/afsb/14.cfm
4.
http://www.elonka.com/kryptos/cyrillic.html
5.
http://fas.org/irp/world/russia/kgb/
6.
http://www.elonka.com/kryptos/sanborn.html
7.
http://www.elonka.com/kryptos/
8.
http://www.pugwash.org/
Intel Warns Asia Over Linux Plan
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/1815247
rimbaldi writes "Intel's CEO, [0]Craig Barrett recently warned the
Chinese government that [1]their attempt to create regional standards
for computers and communications, including standards using Linux-based
software, may be doomed to failure, since 'such a strategy might
protect local companies and markets in the short term, [but] it would
make it more difficult for Asian companies to participate in world
markets.' This is in reaction to earlier Slashdot-covered stories about
an [2]Asian software consortium and China [3]disallowing foreign
software."
Links
0.
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/bios/barrett.htm
1.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479997820&p=1057562182635
2.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/1525252&tid=99
3.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/19/0149207&tid=185ISPs Experiment With Broadband Download Capping http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/1744232
[0]W33dz writes "[1]News.com has an article detailing how [2]some ISPs
are now capping bandwidth usage by some of their high end users.
[3]Comcast claims this is an attempt to create better speeds for their
average users, but you can't help but wonder how much of this is in
response to the RIAA's subpoenas. Interestingly enough, there is no set
limit, but just a subjective limit of 'more than the average user.' The
World Tech Tribune [4]has an article on the same topic."
Links
0. mailto:jntrea@hotmail.com
1.
http://www.news.com/
2.
http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-5079624.html
3.
http://www.comcast.com/
4.
http://www.worldtechtribune.com/Worldtechtribune/asparticles/buzz/bz11192002.asp
Linux.com
Security experts find flaws in Sendmail, OpenSSH
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/23/0615209
Although Windows vulnerabilities get most of the headlines, researchers have identified vulnerabilities in two commonly used open source software products. The more serious of the vulnerabilities affects Sendmail, which lies in the way the e-mail server software parses e-mail headers, said Dan Ingevaldson, engineering manager for Internet Security Systems in Atlanta.
JBoss breaks down and joins JCP
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2324230
Open-source Java software company JBoss Group said Monday that it will participate in the Sun Microsystems-controlled process that dictates the technical direction of Java software. For years, JBoss has been at odds with Sun, which has even threatened legal action against JBoss.
Etnus releases new version of TotalView debugger http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2214242
Etnus LLC of Natick, Mass., today announced the availability of release 6.3 of its TotalView debugger. This version features memory tracking, a new capability that is a key part of Etnus' continuing expansion of memory debugging functionality.
Red Hat Linux Project Merges With Fedora http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2055218
Red Hat has announced a merger of its Red Hat Linux Project with Fedora Linux, a group that has specialized in providing high-quality RPM packages for Red Hat.
LynuxWorks Powers Flight Display Architecture http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2040245
Anonymous Reader writes "Rockwell Collins is using LynuxWorks LynxOS-178 as the embedded Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) in the Adaptive Flight Display systems on board the Bombardier Challenger 300 aircraft. LynuxWorks provides the only DO-178B Level A certifiable POSIX conformant RTOS in the industry today. The brick-wall partitioning of memory, coupled with POSIX compatibility, ensures that safety-critical applications can execute in a ...
Preview of gLabels 2
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2039213
Anonymous Reader writes "Last week the Gnome Office 1.0 was released. One of the applications many would like to see becoming part of a future version of Gnome Office is gLabels. It is a handy utility that helps you create business cards and other printed labels. Dive in for the a quick review and four screenshots."
Linux on the AMD Opteron: Are We Ready?
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2037238
Anonymous Reader writes ""Early last week I received an AMD Opteron 240 and an Asus SK8N motherboard. I was so anxious to get Linux on it I could hardly sit still... A week later, Linux is on it, in 32 bit mode only, and my hard drive has informed me that if I reinstall again it is going to go on strike." Read the rest of the report at OSNews."
Novell's Linux Users Report Installation Glitches http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/2019220
In a series of Hot Lab sessions, Novell Users International has been delivering test drives of pre-beta Novell Nterprise Linux Services (NNLS) software, build 821. At the same time, other Novell customers are participating in a closed beta of later NNLS software. Users of both the pre-beta and beta versions have experienced some problems with installation.
Integration servers transform data on the fly http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/1938229
Too often, when we consider the details of integration servers, we put the cart ahead of the horse. The first step in an integration server evaluation must include an evaluation of the types of systems to be integrated.
SAML 1.1 ratified as OASIS standard
http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/22/1923245
- by Chris Preimesberger - The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) standards consortium Monday announced that its members have approved the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) version 1.1 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. SAML provides an XML-based framework for exchanging authentication and authorization information, enabling single sign-on -- the ...
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