Author: JT Smith
32BitsOnline reviews the Cobalt Qube, a new Linux network appliance that combines a variety of network services into a single plug and play box.
Category:
- Linux
Why GTK_MODULES is not a security hole
Author: JT Smith
“In the opinion of the GTK+ team, the only correct way to write a
setuid program with a graphical user interface is to have a setuid
backend that communicates with the non-setuid graphical user interface
via a mechanism such as a pipe and that considers the input it
receives to be untrusted.” More at LWN.net.
setuid program with a graphical user interface is to have a setuid
backend that communicates with the non-setuid graphical user interface
via a mechanism such as a pipe and that considers the input it
receives to be untrusted.” More at LWN.net.
Category:
- Linux
Unauthorized Xbox pictures hit the Web
Author: JT Smith
CNET News.com reports: “Gaming sites have posted what they claim are the first pictures of Microsoft’s future game console, the Xbox, much to the
annoyance of the Redmond giant.”
annoyance of the Redmond giant.”
Socket A boards revisited
Author: JT Smith
Signal Ground takes a look at AOpen’s AK73 Pro and Soyo’s 7VTA-B motherboards, evaluating their use for the Linux market.
Category:
- Unix
sendmail 8.11.2 released
Author: JT Smith
“Sendmail, Inc. and the Sendmail Consortium are proud to announce the
release of sendmail 8.11.2. This is a maintenance release which contains
bug fixes for problems found after 8.11.1 was released.” Full details at LWN.net.
release of sendmail 8.11.2. This is a maintenance release which contains
bug fixes for problems found after 8.11.1 was released.” Full details at LWN.net.
Category:
- Open Source
SGI Open Source digital media SDK available
Author: JT Smith
In a press release at Linux PR, SGI announced that its digital media software development kit (dmSDK) is now available to the Open Source community.
Review: Oracle8i goes beyond the database
Author: JT Smith
“Boldly going where no database has gone before, Oracle Corp.’s Oracle8i Release 3 is a lot more than a database. Oracle8i is now also a file, mail, Web and Java2 Enterprise Edition application server.” Review at ZDNet.
Category:
- Linux
Spammers jailed for 2 years
Author: JT Smith
Ananova reports: “Two men in Los Angeles have been jailed for two years after
they sent 50 million e-mails as part of a scam which almost
brought the largest internet providers to a standstill.”
they sent 50 million e-mails as part of a scam which almost
brought the largest internet providers to a standstill.”