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Mandrake Zope package update

Author: JT Smith

There is an issue involving security registration of “legacy” names for certain object constructors such as the constructors for DTML Method Objects…. This vulnerability could allow anonymous users with enough knowledge of Zope to instantiate new DTML Method instances through the web.
Complete advistory courtesy lwn.net.

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  • Linux

Lead Technologies announces Linux support

Author: JT Smith

Another press release: “LEAD Technologies, Inc., a LEADing provider of imaging developer toolkits worldwide, announces the release of LEADTOOLS Imaging for Linux, an imaging developer toolkit for the Linux operating system.

Modular system-on-chip platform uses Open Source

Author: JT Smith

From the press release: “Metaflow Technologies Inc., a vertical value-add VLSI design company located in La Jolla, CA(www.metaflow.com), has introduced Implosion, a system on chip (SoC) design platform that uses Open Source IP for its key hardware and software components.

KDE spotlights Luigi Genoni

Author: JT Smith

A systems administrator, Luigi Genoni is spotlighted and interviewed by Tink. He explains how KDE should be extended from the System Administrator point of view. Thanks to KDE.news for the story.

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  • Open Source

Linux 2.2.19pre2 released

Author: JT Smith

Alan Cox has released 2.2.19pre2. “Merge the Andrea VM changes. Nothing else in this pre-patch so we can be sure we know if it broke something. The other stuff is still on my in queue so don’t resend it.” (thanks to lwn.net)

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  • Linux

Evolution 0.8 = revolution?

Author: JT Smith

The new shiny and full of colors Evolution 0.8 is out! You can download it via ftp or HelixUpdate (apt if you are a Debian user).
Check out the screenshots and the changelog at LinuxNews.pl. (The page is in English.) -Submitted by the LinuxNews Team

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  • Linux

Updated advisory on pam_localuser module

Author: JT Smith

LWN.net has an advisory from Linux Mandrake: “The pam_localuser module, which is a part of the pam package, contains
a buffer overflow vulnerability. This module is not used in any
default configuration and for a user to be exploited, they would have
to manually insert it into a configuration file in the /etc/pam.d
directory.”

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  • Linux

Linux Accessibility Conference scheduled

Author: JT Smith

News.gnome.org has an announcement about the Linux Accessibility Conference The Linux Accessibility Conference March 22 and 23 at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel. The tentative schedule includes a speech by Peter Korn of Sun Microsystems’ GNOME Accessibility Lab and a workgroup on GNOME (conducted by Sun Microsystems’ GNOME Accessibility Lab).

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  • Linux

Linus Torvalds: Linux 2.4.0-test13-pre2

Author: JT Smith

LinuxToday has posted Linus Torvalds latest update to the kernel.

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  • Linux

Slackware announced OpenSS[LH] packages

Author: JT Smith

Slackware Linux is pleased to announce the addition of the OpenSSL
cryptography libraries and the highly acclaimed OpenSSH suite of network connectivity tools. Users of Slackware 7.1 and -current can enjoy these new packages by downloading them from our current developmental tree and installing them on their systems.

Full announcement courtesy LWN.

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  • Linux