Alan Cox has released 2.2.18pre18. “Treat this one with care. The LRU corruption fix is one of those ‘clearly right but makes a mess if its not so clear as it seems’ kind of fixes.” (thanks to lwn.net)

“With the rapidly increasing use of Linux, it is beneficial for members of the IT community to work together to provide quality solutions for the consumers’ growing needs.” — read more at LinuxPR.

Slashdot readers tackle an article from Linux Journal addressing the legal ramifications of working with stolen Microsoft code. The conclusion: Stay as far away from it as possible.

Conectiva Linux has released its gnupg package update (thanks to lwn.net).

Ralf Engelschall has posted his ‘Security Solutions with SSL’ slides presented at ApacheCon 2000 EU (you will need a PNG capable browser).

Apacheweek brings us day 1 and day 2 of ApacheCon Europe 2000. “This is the first of a two-part special edition of Apache Week covering the ApacheCon Europe 2000 conference in London. This week Apache Week writer Min Min Tsan gives her views of the conference and surrounding events. Next week we will look at the events of the final day of the conference along with a special competition.“

The Register has a detailed list of some of the items stolen by the Microsoft Hackers, including the valuable source code to MS Bob. Warning: This is humor, not an actual list.

The move of the Python team is being covered by Slashdot. The Python group will be working with the same company (Digital Creations) which sponsors work on Zope. LWN has a letter from Guido van Rossum explaining more.

The slide-set of my presentation “Security Solutions with SSL” which I gave at ApacheCon 2000/EU in London last Monday is available online. Check it out if you have not attended ApacheCon
but if you are nevertheless interested in Apache and SSL. A PNG-capable browser is required to view.
– Submitted by Ralf S. Engelschall

ZDNet has a story documenting the addition of two new industry acronyms. A2B and A2B2C stand for Appliance to Business and Appliance to Business to Consumer, respectively. The idea behind the protocol is connecting more to the internet which could extend to refridgerators and other household appliances not generally thought of as network-ready.