Author: JT Smith
Author: JT Smith
IPFC addresses the interoperability of heterogeneous corporate security infrastructures for:
IPFC is a software and framework to manage and monitor multiple types of security modules across a global network. Security modules can be as diverse as packet filters (like netfilter, pf, ipfw, IP Filter, checkpoint FW1…), NIDS (Snort, arpwatch…), webservers and other general devices (from servers to embedded devices).
Another way to explain IPFC : It’s a complete generic Managed Security Services (MSS) software infrastructure.
The main IPFC features are :
You can find more information on IPFC on http://www.conostix.com/ipfc/
About Conostix
Conostix is a young computer security company based in Luxembourg.
Conostix is a security services and software company providing solutions
for complex and distributed networked infrastructures. Conostix provides
Managed Security Services and Managed Security Monitoring (MSS-MSM) in
Europe. Conostix has taken a fundamentally new approach in their research and
developement by using a Free Software (Open Source) methodology.
Research and development focuses are : distributed framework for managing
networked security devices, trusted operating systems and dedicated
security devices.
Conostix is located at Technoport Schlassgoart, rue de Luxembourg 66,
L4221 Esch-Sur-Alzette (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
Phone : +35226103061 Fax : +35226103062
Website: http://www.conostix.com/
Press contact : press@conostix.com
Author: JT Smith
Red Hat is revamping its trademark policy after a NewsForge story on the company’s enforcement of that policy spurred dozens of comments and questions from the Open Source community.
Since the release of Red Hat 7.2 in October, the company has been more actively pursuing what it sees as trademark violations by CD resellers such as UnixCD.com and CheapBytes.com. Red Hat is asking those retailers to not call what they sell “Red Hat,” because of customer confusion over whether the resold product is a complete version or includes service from Red Hat.
The NewsForge story generated dozens of responses, some supporting and some criticizing Red Hat’s trademark enforcement, and several questions. Among the questions, posted and unposted: What if the CDs were labeled as Unofficial Red Hat? What about LUG members who trade CDs labeled Red Hat? What about distributing under a pseudonym?
Melissa London, director of corporate public relations for Red Hat, says it’s too early to answer some questions, because the trademark revisions are still in the works. “We are committed to encouraging the large community that uses Red Hat Linux versions and will continue to do so,” she says of the policy revamp. “This includes LUGs, students, hobbyists and others that rely on the free distributions.”
London says the new trademark policy will likely provide alternative trademarks to be used with redistributed products. The current controversy started when the founder of the UnixCD.com auction service objected to a cease and desist letter he received from Red Hat’s lawyers earlier this month.
“We want users to understand what they are entitled to — a difference of service and support levels exist for downloaded and purchased products, and consumers have already been confused in buying the replicated product expecting to receive support directly from Red Hat,” London says. “Likewise, our boxed product includes printed manuals and also some third-party applications which only Red Hat is licensed to distribute. We will be addressing as many of these scenarios as possible in new guidelines.
“We still want to provide a product that is broadly available at no cost
or a very low cost, and we will continue to do so,” she adds.
London was able to provide answers couple of “what-if” questions, based on the general direction of Red Hat’s trademark policy revisions.
NewsForge: What’s Red Hat’s position on members of LUGs trading CDs with downloaded Red Hat on them? Is it OK to call these Red Hat Linux 7.2, or something similar?
London answers: “Probably, but with a codicil that states that this is the free download, or not supported, etc.”
NewsForge: If you auction Red Hat on eBay, what’s Red Hat’s preference? Would prominent notice saying “not supported by Red Hat” be more acceptable than what UnixCD and other places are doing right now?
London: “This will likely be better clarified in policy revisions, but my understanding
is that a statement such as free download, not supported, etc., would need to
accompany it.”
Asked about a distribution project that changes the name, such as “LeRoy’s Linux, based on Red Hat 7.2,” London says that issue also will probably be addressed in the new trademark policy.
Meanwhile, UnixCD and CheapBytes are trying to get around the Red Hat trademark policy by renaming Red Hat on their sites. UnixCD founder Jason Phillips didn’t immediately return an email sent to him this morning, but his site is now marketing Red Hat Linux 7.2 under the name, “RH Linux 7.2.”
CheapBytes declined a request for an interview, but has this notice on its store page: “Looking for CDs containing the downloadable version of the XXX XXX Linux distribution? Hint: The name has to do with an article of clothing to keep your head warm. We can’t call it by it’s real name due to trademark law. Our president will be providing a statement and information at a later time regarding this subject. Please be informed about this matter prior to jumping to any erroneous conclusions.”
Asked about the CheapBytes practice of hinting at the name, London says the new trademark policy may address that issue better than she can right now. “I don’t suppose that we would try to stop that, but let’s wait for new policies so I can get better clarity,” she says. “The point is that we don’t want to limit anyone using Red Hat Linux, but we just want limit any expectation that people will be receiving any ‘official’ support or workbooks from Red Hat.”
Category:
Author: JT Smith
Category:
Author: JT Smith
Author: JT Smith
Author: JT Smith
To speed the development of Linux applications that address the unique
needs of small and medium business, IBM introduced the Linux Test Drive for
eServer iSeries, which makes available over the Internet a “virtual Linux
server” to help independent software vendors and the open source community
write and port their applications to Linux on iSeries.
The eServer iSeries uses advanced “partitioning” technology that allows a
single physical server to be divided into dozens of virtual servers that
can be accessed remotely by software developers around the world.
IBM believes the combination of Linux, the fast-growing server operating
system, and IBM eServer iSeries, with its popularity among SMB customers,
can help small business consolidate dozens of standalone servers on a
single, easy-to-manage, mainframe-class server, reducing cost and
complexity. To date, more than 200,000 customers around the world, many of
them mid-sized companies, run their businesses on IBM eServer iSeries,
choosing it for its security, reliability and low total cost of ownership.
According to IDC, small businesses represent 48 percent of all Linux server
installations. Industry analysts also estimate that small and medium size
business (up to 1,000 employees) will represent more than 50 percent of the
total server market worldwide by 2004.
“The Linux Test Drive illustrates IBM’s commitment to the development of
Linux applications that solve real business issues for small to mid-size
customers,” said Kim Stevenson, vice president, IBM eServer iSeries. “The
key to Linux adoption among small and medium-sized businesses is offering
ISVs a fast, convenient way to develop for this important market segment.”
H.A. Technical Solutions LLC, a provider of high availability clustering
and data replication software, recently ported two of its applications to
Linux on eServer iSeries. “The process of moving Unix and Java
applications to Linux on eServer iSeries proved remarkably easy,” said
LeRoy D. Earl, executive vice president, H.A. Technical Solutions. “We
simply installed the software and it ran perfectly.”
Software providers can get more information and enroll at the Linux Test
Drive site at www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/developer/factory/testdrive.
Participants can select from SuSE or Turbolinux distributions of Linux, and
can choose between 14-day free access or 30-day access for a nominal fee.
The recently announced Red Hat Linux distribution will be supported on the
Test Drive server in January.
IBM eServer iSeries offers mid-sized customers mainframe-class reliability
and security. A single iSeries server can support up to 31 separate Linux
partitions, allowing businesses reduce cost and complexity by consolidating
multiple workloads onto a single, easy-to-manage server. Earlier this
year, IBM eServer iSeries was named “Best of Show” at the LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo in San Francisco.
The Linux Test Drive joins a comprehensive set of Linux software and
hardware offerings for SMB. The Small Business Suite for Linux includes
DB2 Universal Database, WebSphere Application Server and Lotus Domino. The
Suite is bundled to deliver all the tools necessary to help customers with
messaging and collaboration, productivity, Web site creation and design,
and data management.
The Linux Test Drive builds on the success of Linux and the IBM eServer
z900 mainframe in large enterprises. The Linux Community Development
System, a program announced earlier this year, provides developers access
to their own virtual mainframe running Linux, helping them build new
enterprise applications that enable customers to consolidate their
distributed servers on a single IBM zSeries mainframe.
About IBM
IBM is the number one server company in the world, offering a full line of
data transaction, Web application and appliance servers that embrace
industry standards. Powered by breakthroughs such as microprocessors with
copper wiring and Silicon-on-Insulator technology, IBM servers have
captured industry leading benchmarks that measure transactions, Web serving
capabilities and performance in software applications. The IBM eServer
line is an integral part of customized, flexible and scalable Internet
solutions for companies of all sizes. IBM supports Linux on its entire
portfolio of e-business servers.
Through its Small and Medium Business organization, IBM offers a host of
cross-industry and industry-specific solutions designed to meet the needs
of growing companies and help them leverage the potential of the Internet
and network computing.
IBM news releases and fact sheets are available at http://www.ibm.com.
Information about IBM eServer iSeries is available at
http:www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries.
Information about IBM solutions for Linux is available at
http://www.ibm.com/linux.
Information on IBM Small and Medium Business is available at
http:/www.ibm.com/smallbusiness.
The IBM eServer brand consists of the established IBM e-business logo with
the descriptive term “`server”‘ following it. The IBM e-business logo and
iSeries are trademarks or registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
Linux is registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
All others are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
Author: JT Smith
Patch is available from: http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/patches/2.5/patch-2.5.1-dj3.diff.bz2 On with the changelog.. Some of these fixes still haven't found their way back to Marcelo yet but should show up in 2.4.17-rc2 / 2.4.18pre1 with any luck. 2.5.1-dj3 o Drop Manfreds multithread coredump changes (Me) | They caused ltp waitpid05 regression on 2.5 | (Same patch is fine for 2.4) o Intermezzo compile fix. (Chris Wright) o Fix ymfpci & hisax merge errors. (Me) o Drop ad1848 sound driver changes in favour of 2.5 (Me) o Make hpfs work again. (Al Viro) o Alpha Jensen compile fixes. (Ronald Lembcke) o Make NCR5380 compile non modularly. (Erik Andersen)
Category:
Author: JT Smith
Adelstein is talking about Bynari’s Insight mail server, the companion product to the Insight mail client, the 2.6 version of which was released as a free product last week in anticipation of 3.0 release in early 2002. The server functions as a replacement for Microsoft’s Exchange Server, a product many would call the business standard mail and messaging server. With Insight and other Linux-based mail server products, businesses switching to Linux could make the transition smoother because of the similarities and compatibility with Exchange.
Louis Imershein, product architect for Caldera’s Volution Messaging Server, doesn’t agree that Caldera’s product is a copy of Bynari’s. “Volution Messaging Server is the result of requests by our
resellers to provide a messaging solution. Initially, we looked outside Caldera for a solution, including Bynari.” But, Imershein says, Bynari wasn’t ready at the time with an appropriate server product. Imershein adds that he believes Caldera’s focus is more on ease of use and simple, repeatable tasks than Bynari’s Insight.
Adelstein is especially happy about Insight’s ability to use Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) and remote procedure calls to create an environment that will allow Outlook users to connect to the Insight server just as though it were a Microsoft Exchange server. “We isolated how they do their stuff,” and were able to duplicate it, says Adelstein. Bynari does not use Microsoft’s MAPI protocol, but duplicates its function by building on DCE.
Server-side calendaring is another feature implemented through Bynari’s Insight that, according to Adelstein, other companies haven’t been able to match yet. “This is very important when it comes to migration,” he says. “Companies that are transitioning to Linux can leave the user community in place” because the data resides on the server instead of on each individual desktop.
Adelstein says that Caldera hasn’t been the only company to express interest in Bynari’s technology. Last summer, recreation vehicle manufacturer Winnebago switched to Linux and Bynari Insight to provide email to its 1,000 employees, citing up to a 75% cost savings over upgrading to a Novell or Microsoft product.
Bynari was one of the first members of the IBM zSeries partnership program, an effort launched by IBM last summer to provide joint marketing opportunities and, as IBM team leader Joe Kirschner was quoted, “to
expand our reach and range of influencers in support of
Linux.”
Adelstein is proud of the fact that Bynari got started with no venture capital. “We started with the product and built from there.” As the company grew, says Adelstein, two investors with experience in the field came in and helped out. “We first showed our product at LinuxWorld 2000 in New York City.” Bynari shared a booth with MandrakeSoft.
And Bynari had its first “in the black” moment in August 2001, turning a profit in a time when other Linux-based businesses have struggled. But keeping things on the plus side remains a challenge. “Every time we turn around, we’re having to develop something new,” says Adelstein. “Everything is custom.”
The company is working on a possible solution to satisfy customer desires for tweaks without having to reinvent the wheel every time — a solution that is sounding increasingly familiar in Linux business circles. “Version 3 of Bynari Insight is due out in January 2002, and we’ll supplement it with optional modular plugins.”
Category:
Author: JT Smith
Red Carpet Express is a premium service that tightly integrates with the
Red Carpet client software used by hundreds of thousands of Ximian GNOME
users worldwide. Red Carpet is a software management solution that
efficiently and securely keeps Linux systems up-to-date. Its intuitive
software ?channels? and automatic dependency and conflict resolution let
users easily install, update and maintain software over the Internet from
Ximian, leading Linux distribution providers and a growing library of other
third-party independent software vendors (ISVs). Especially important for
mixed computing environments, Red Carpet uniquely provides multi-platform
support, updating systems running a broad range of Linux distributions,
including Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, Debian, TurboLinux and more.
With the premium Red Carpet Express service, subscribers receive priority
access to a network of high-bandwidth mirror sites that can deliver
dramatically faster performance than the free Red Carpet software
management service. After using a simple web-based sign up process at the
Ximian web site, Red Carpet Express customers may then experience software
downloads at speeds of up to 10 or more times faster for updating Ximian
and Linux software, depending on the type of Internet connection used and
geographic location. Subscribers can also use the “My Account” section of
the Ximian web site to maintain their own accounts, including login
information and billing data.
“Ximian is responding to overwhelming customer demand for a high-speed
subscription service for Linux software management and updating,” said
David Patrick, Ximian president and CEO. “The enormous popularity of Red
Carpet is demonstrated by over 700,000 updates in November alone. With Red
Carpet Express, users can now choose significantly faster access to what is
emerging as the de facto standard method for keeping Linux software
up-to-date.”
“As the local affiliate for NBC, KSL will be hosting NBC’s Winter Olympic
coverage and will serve as the primary Internet provider for the Olympics.
The high profile of this event reinforces our need for the latest security
updates,” said Kerry Cox, network engineer at KSL.com in Salt Lake
City. “Since its introduction in the spring, Red Carpet has become
essential to the daily maintenance of both my personal systems and the
30-plus web servers we use to host KSL.com. With the new Red Carpet Express
from Ximian, I can get the most recent Linux security and software updates
for our critical systems in a time-saving updating process that is both
simple and fast.”
Red Carpet Software Management Services
Red Carpet Express is one of the Ximian Red Carpet services that bring
software vendors, end users and corporate customers together to seamlessly
deliver and manage the Linux software they use. Red Carpet
CorporateConnect, announced this fall, is a unique hosted service that will
provide corporate customers with a web-based management console to
centrally manage, control and customize the Linux software they distribute
and update internally.
The Red Carpet Partner Program offers users access to a growing library of
software from a host of third-party developers, while providing the
software vendors with a unique cross-platform updating and distribution
mechanism to reach hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. CodeWeavers,
Loki Software, Opera Software ASA, VMware and Sun are among the vendors who
have joined the Red Carpet Partner Program and will now offer their
software and updates to Ximian Desktop users who run Red Carpet.
Pricing and Availability
Ximian is offering special introduction pricing for Red Carpet
Express. Customers who subscribe by February 28, 2002, will be billed only
$7.95 a month through June 30, 2002, a 20% savings off the regular monthly
price of $9.95. Customers may also choose an annual subscription with
introductory pricing of $99.95. Customers can sign up for the service
using a convenient web-based registration process at
http://store.ximian.com/redcarpet, and then simply enter an activation code
into the Red Carpet client software.
Red Carpet Express requires the new version 1.2 of the Red Carpet client
application included with Ximian Desktop, which is available for free
download or purchase on CD ($29.95 and $49.95 for the Standard and
Professional Editions, respectively) from the Ximian web site at
www.ximian.com. Red Carpet users will continue to have the option of using
the free public Ximian servers for software updating.
About Ximian, Inc.
Ximian is the established leader in providing open source desktop
technology, applications, support and services for the Linux and UNIX
marketplaces. Ximian products, in use by over 800,000 people worldwide, are
providing the ease of use, productivity and interoperability needed to
propel the adoption of the Linux desktop in corporate computing
environments. Its Ximian Desktop software starts with Ximian GNOME, a
productized end-user desktop based on the GNOME project, to provide a
complete graphical desktop environment and productivity application suite
for Linux and UNIX systems. Ximian Red Carpet and Ximian Evolution ?
deliver software and personal information management solutions for both end
users and corporate customers. Comprised of many of the original architects
of the GNOME system, Ximian is a founding member of the GNOME Foundation
and sits on the advisory board. The company has secured funding from
leading venture firms Charles River Ventures and Battery Ventures and can
be reached at www.ximian.com.
