Dave writes “Updated Apache packages are now available for Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7, 7.1, and 7.2. These packages upgrade the Apache Web server to version 1.3.22, which closes a potential security bug which would present clients with a listing of the contents of a directory instead of the contents of an index file, or in case of an error, the error message.

Read more here.”

VNUNet: “Open source security products are ready to mount a massive challenge in the intrusion detection market, according to experts. Security consultant NSS Group tested 16 IDS products from big vendors including Cisco, ISS, Computer Associates and Symantec, along with one freeware open source product called Snort. ‘In our tests Snort was the top performer – we were blown away by it,’ said Bob Walder, director of the NSS Group. ‘It was better than all the commercial products we tested.'” Read more here.

ZDNet: “West Virginia is one of nine states who have refused to join the Justice Department in settling a federal case against Microsoft. The state lawsuit filed on Monday would position the state to opt its 1.8 million residents out of a separate but related class action settlement with the company, according to one source familiar with the case.” Read more here.

ZDNet: “Apple Computer has been turned into an unwitting Santa Claus after some Mac diehards discovered a way to turn a complimentary Mac OS X upgrade CD into a free copy of the operating system itself.” Read more here.

ZDNet: “Ximian, long an open-source software company, will do business the proprietary way with a new software package that lets Linux computers connect to Microsoft Exchange e-mail servers.” Read more here.

LinuxHardware.org has benchmarked “the new NVIDIA drivers released yesterday and to say the least, the results are amazing. To find out what we’re talking about, read on. We have the charts to prove what a few good programmers are capable of.”

Debian Planet reports that “Joe Drew has written to
the Debian-devel mailing list about the organisation for the July 2002
gathering of international Debian developers currently being in a dire
situation… [I]f you happen to know someone in the Canadian LUG, universities or convention/conference scene who can help out in whatever way possible, now would be a good time to step up and offer your assistance to the Debian community.”

The Register: “Hewlett-Packard has at last taken the the wraps off its Blade servers… Surprisingly the first offerings will be Linux-only, with Windows and HP-UX to follow. Red Hat, SuSE and Debian – chalk one up for HP’s Linux advisor, Bruce Perens – are the favoured distros.” Read more here.

The Register notes that software company Trolltech has announced a worldwide developer contes to generate new apps for Sharp’s upcoming Linux-based handheld, the Zaurus
SL-5500.

Jeff Gerhardt writes, Tuesday, December 4th, 2001 from the home of Wayne’s World, Aurora IL:
Tonight LIVE on
www.thelinuxshow.com at 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et…. Kevin Hill, Jeff Gerhardt, PJ Hyett, Doc Searls (Linux Journal), Arne Flones and Russ Pavlicek; have another great show lined up tonight on The Linux Show!!

In Segment One – Hot News: We will be covering the hot Linux news of the last few (several) weeks. We will be taking half of the show up with the first segment as the entire panel still has stacks of stories to catch up on from our layoff. Its Arne’s turn tonight to purge his news glut.

In Segment Two- The Best of 2001- a Look Back
Tonight we will have the first installment of a 2 part show. The panel members will suggest stories, companies and products that impacted 2001 the most. Although we do have a couple categories in mind, we will allow the panel to “make it up” as they go aong.

The suggested stories and topics will be placed on our web site for voting and comment by the community. We will keep the flow of opinion open until December 27th.

On Thursday December 27th we will have Part Two of this show. It will be titled The Best of 2001- A Look Forward. Because of the fact that BOTH Christmas and New Year are on Tuesday, we will be having our final show of 2001 on a Thursday evening.

Other opinions are welcome at GeekCast. If you would like to join us on the show, check our IRC Chat(irc.thelinuxshow.com #linuxshow).

Remember tune in at 6pm pt, 7pm mt, 8pm ct, and 9pm et.
Catch the Linux show at www.thelinuxshow.com.