BSD Today has this advisory: “If agent or X11 forwarding is disabled in the ssh client configuration, the client does not request these features
during session setup. This is the correct behaviour.

However, when the ssh client receives an actual request asking for access to the ssh-agent, the client fails to
check whether this feature has been negotiated during session setup. The client does not check whether the
request is in compliance with the client configuration and grants access to the ssh-agent. A similar problem
exists in the X11 forwarding implementation.”

From the CBC: “OpenHack III, a computer-hacking contest
sponsored by eWeek magazine opened Monday. An
army of hackers is up against PitBull, a computer
security product.
Argus Systems Group makes PitBull and claims it’s
virtually impenetrable. That’s why they’re offering a
$50,000 US reward to the hacker who can crack their
code.”

From InfoWorld: The new server company will put out a line of products called “ICE,” which will use Transmeta’s low-power Cursoe chip. Other reports have the servers running Linux, too.

Slashdot readers discuss an article from LinuxDevices.com about Linux-friendly embeddable computers. The story’s rather extensive.

From BSD Today: “Do you ever wonder what commands are running on your system? Do you want to find the time a particular command was executed? Or
do you want to analyze your server’s performance? By enabling process accounting you can find information about previously executed
commands and past system resource usage.”

ZDNet UK reports: “Sun will, this week, launch its first server appliances, since
acquiring Cobalt Networks for $2bn, last month. Cobalt’s
server appliances have proven popular, due to their quick
setup and easy administration. Wednesday’s launch will include a new Linux-based Raq
server from Sun’s Cobalt subsidiary, suggesting a retreat, by
Sun, from plans to replace Linux with Solaris. Developers had
said putting Solaris on Cobalt servers would hamper work to
create application-specific servers.”

From a note at LinuxToday: “theKompany.com is pleased to announce the third, and hopefully last, public beta of their premier
flowcharting tool for KDE, Kivio.”

From VNUnet: “According to Psion, around 75,000 people received handhelds for
Christmas, and the company has warned businesses to put policies in place
to prevent security and management nightmares as users attempt to connect
to their corporate networks. Psion said that risks to businesses include the loss of sensitive company
information as users download data from their PCs, and network crashes as
the extra data traffic generated by the devices causes bandwidth overload.”

Shocking developments from the 25th century: Segfault reports that Twikki and Dr. Theopolis have parted ways over a KDE/GNOME dispute. “”He just left me there at [on] the bar and walked away grumbling, ‘Biddy biddy biddy, GNOME sucks,'” stated a frustrated
Dr. Theopolis to the press.”

“Cisco Systems Inc. (stock: CSCO) said on Monday it will establish training academies in India to produce about 100,000 Internet professionals, in a move to combat an expected shortage of such personnel by 2005. Kicking off a two-day visit to India at the start of an Asian tour, Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers said the company will establish 34 regional networking academies and use India as a major base for software development. Story at TechWeb