VeriSign, a provider of Internet trust services, along with Nuron
LLC, a developer of programmable logic coprocessors, and Penguin Computing, a provider of reliable Linux-based systems for Internet serving, hve
announced an agreement to integrate VeriSign’s Web site digital certificates into
Penguin Computing’s Linux-based servers with Nuron’s adaptive computing
boards. Penguin Computing’s AcB-equipped Web servers will now
provide customers with a one-step, out-of-the-box process to deploy secure
e-commerce Web sites. The press release is at LinuxPR.

Two British programmers, calling
themselves Xor and RandomDan, have created a music-swapping system,
called Metallicster, that has no central server. The BBC has the story.

A Linux World review tackles the question of whether Avocent’s Linux-tested KVM
switches offer relief for the problem of how to manage many computers on
one desktop.

Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein, the guy who launched the
antitrust case to break up Microsoft, is leaving the
government at the end of the month. Wired.com has the story.

ZDNet has a followup story on the RIAA going after music-traders on college campuses. Watch out, they’re coming for you.

From a short story at InfoWorld: “Sun says its Mobile Information Device (MID) profile will enhance Internet surfing on wireless devices by allowing better graphics and more interactive features. The open-source, standards-based protocol will work for any device, without programming changes.”

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in syslogd and klogd. A
local root exploit is possible, and remote exploits may be possible in
some cases (though we are not currently aware of a remote exploit.) The advisory is at LWN.net.

From an InfoWorld story about Ariba’s partnerships with i2 and IBM: “For the IBM environment, the Ariba Dynamic Trade 2.0 software will run against server platforms with IBM’s AIX version of Unix and IBM’s DB2 relational database. In addition, suppliers can now use IBM’s WebSphere Commerce Suite, a software on-ramp for suppliers to link to the Ariba Commerce Services Network.”

From a column at ZDNet: “How about a dose of reality to deflate some of
the hype surrounding the free music debate?

Conclusion No. 1: There aren’t any heroes, at
least not any pure enough to qualify for entry into
the Elysian Fields.”

MontaVista Software, developer of the Hard Hat
Linux® operating system for embedded applications,
has announced participation in the Intel Applied
Computing Platform Provider Program.
MontaVista will work with Intel to deliver embedded
Intel Architecture-based board and system level
solutions to applied computing customers. The press release is at LinuxPR.