From CNet: “The Internet’s top standards-setting body plans to focus on the security of the online addressing system at its annual meeting in November, pushing aside other issues such as new domain names.”

Anonymous Reader writes “MaximumLinux.org takes a quick look at Mac-on-Linux (MOL). The full post is here
“MOL (Mac-on-Linux) is an open source project that lets Linux PPC users run the Mac OS on Linux. The project has been around in some form since 1997 and…”

It’s at ApacheWeek.com. Among the items: ”

The mod_proxy module was separated from the Apache 2.0 tree in February this year, to allow development of
the core server to continue independently of the proxy, and vice versa. Since then, the mod_proxy team has
made significant changes to bring the code up to date, and make it use the new Apache 2.0 module interface.
Now that development has stabilised, the group decided to bring the module back into the standard
distribution so it can gain more testing.”

CNet has a story saying a resurgence of the Nimda worm failed to materialize Friday, despite warnings
from several security companies this week.

From EET.com: “Prospects for a harmonized global wireless LAN standard
appear bleak, as political and legal barriers emerge in Europe and Japan to
block adoption of the IEEE-802.11a WLAN specification, backed robustly
in the United States. Indeed, some 802.11a supporters are coming to
accept a three-standard world, with its echoes of the third-generation
(3G) mobile communications standardization process – at least in the
short term.”

CNet reports that Apple Computer plans to
bring back a $799 iMac to retail shelves Saturday.

It’s posted at LWN.net. Among the items: “Level 2 Beta is well on it’s way to being completed and within the
next
few weeks we should see the Level 2 exams published as Live exams;
LPI-201 and LPI-202.”

At LinuxJournal.com: “LDAP is an acronym for Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol. I like to think of it as directory assistance for your network, a kind of net-enabled 411 service. With an
LDAP server running on your, er, server, directory assistance will never be far away. Sound good? Strap in because this is a
big topic. I’ll get into some of the nittier and grittier stuff associated with LDAP later, but I know that you want to walk away
from this with something that works, so this is the plan for today.”

The Associated Press reports that the new judge in the Microsoft antitrust case has ordered both sides to participate in intensive negotiations to settle the four-year legal battle.

Posted at LinuxSecurity.com: “‘mod_auth_mysql’ is an authentication module for apache which
authenticates users against a PostgreSQL database.
RUS-CERT discovered a vulnerability in several Apache
authentication modules which use SQL databases to retrieve user
information. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to change
the query that the module sends to the SQL server and circumvent the
authentication process.”