The Register: “So to break it down: during this current period of dormancy, remnants of the first
worm, along with a second strain possessed of a more random IP generator, have
been scanning for and infecting vulnerable machines, and will continue doing so
until all the infected machines begin packeting the former IP of whitehouse.gov on
20 August.

This they will do mercilessly through the 27th; and during this electronic Tribulation
the worm will devour enough bandwidth to bring all of Christendom to its knees.”

The Standard: “Microsoft Corp is determined to
prevent AOL Time Warner acquiring or buying a stake in AT&T’s
cable business, the Financial Times
reported on Monday.

It quoted people close to Microsoft as
saying the company was prepared to use
its financial muscle to encourage alternative
bids for the AT&T broadband division,
rather than see AOL become the dominant
player in the U.S. cable market.”

CNET: “Ads hawking credit reports and a miniature video camera from X10 have begun launching in
hidden browser windows on Yahoo’s news and travel sites. A Yahoo representative told CNET
News.com on Friday that the ads are a ‘test’ as the company considers whether to sell
pop-unders across all of its sites, which collectively draw one of the largest audiences on the
Web.”

– by Tina Gasperson –
On the heels of an announcement about improved service, the OpenProjects.net IRC network is experiencing buffer overflows and subsequent server outages this morning, which have forced the network back onto the old system.Project coders said the new daemon had gone through rigorous testing prior to the early morning July 30 launch, but a small error in the code has knocked the new service down until further notice. The network has been placed back on the original system to restore service to the 1200-plus IRC channels and nearly 4,000 users normally residing on the OpenProjects.net servers.

There’s a problem in the code that maintainers originally thought was a buffer overflow, a security vulnerability which happens when “you write a set of values (usually a string of characters) into a fixed length buffer and write at least one value
outside that buffer’s boundaries (usually past its end). A buffer overflow can occur when reading input from the user into a buffer, but it can also
occur during other kinds of processing in a program,” according to the Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO, by David A. Wheeler.

However, upon further examination, coders determined that the problem is not security related. “What is happening is that we do a sanity check on the zipped data we receive, and we notice that it’s longer than it is supposed to be, which is causing the servers to react violently. It’s not exactly a buffer overflow,” said one of the coders.

Advogato: “Ximian will use the ECMA standard for C# and common language Infrastructure for building the Mono software and architecture. But if you check history, ECMA document is not really well supported by Microsoft.”

ComputerNewsDaily: “As you read this, computers all over the world are being infected by
yet another “worm,” a program written specifically to attack Microsoft
Outlook. Outlook is the distillation of Microsoft’s best and worst traits. It’s
the best all-around personal organizer and e-mail program, so
complete that you can practically build your life around it. It’s also so
easily subverted by worms and viruses that a new outbreak seems to
sweep across the planet every couple of months. I’m none too eager to
give my credit card data to the same people who exposed us to the I
Love You virus.”

LinuxSecurity: “This week, the most interesting articles include “Building a Secure User Environment with SSH
ChRootGroups,” “Understanding RSA/DSA authentication,” and “OpenSSH key management, Part 1.” Also this
week, a bill in the House is causing law officials “to be more forthright” and submit detailed reports on the
usage of the Carnivore system. More information about this is available in the general section of this
newsletter.”

“Remember to install not upgrade kernel rpms as you will want to keep old ones around too.”

Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:21:42 +0100 (BST)
From: Alan Cox 
To: editors@newsforge.com


ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.4/

                 Intermediate diffs are available from
                         http://www.bzimage.org

2.4.7-ac3
o        Add "make rpm" target                           (me)
         | Remember to install not upgrade kernel rpms
         | as you will want to keep old ones around too

o        Fix FPU emulation breakage                      (Brian Gerst)
o        Fix minix subpartition handling                         (Andries Brouwer)
o        Add another odd vaio bios to the apm list       (Robert Dunlop)
o        Further Configure.help updates                  (Steven Cole)
o        Update usb configure and help texts             (Brad Hards)
o        Fix kmem read loop bug                          (Hugh Dickins)
o        Two warning fixes                               (Art Haas)
o        Fix missing icmp errors for udp                         (Alexey Kuznetsov)
o        Fix 3c59x module load problem                   (Hugh Dickins)
o        Update pwc driver                               (Nemosoft Unv)
o        Remove old non kernel code from reiserfs tree   (Nikita Danilov)
o        Remove unneeded reiserfsck code from tree       (Nikita Danilov)
o        Replace checks in CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK with    (Nikita Danilov)
         cleaner macros
o        Add const's correct formatting/typechecking     (Nikita Danilov)
o        Clean up do_reiserfs_warning macro              (Jeff Mahoney)
o        Add Randolph Chung to CREDITS                   (Matthew Wilcox)
o        Merge some pa risc tree Configure.help          (Matthew Wilcox)
o        Update the pa risc tree docs                    (Matthew Wilcox)
o        Add pa-risc keyboard drivers    (Debacker Xavier, Marteau Thomas,
                                         Djoudi Malek, Philipp Rumpf, 
                                         Alex deVries)
o        Update lasi ethernet drivers for pa-risc
o        Correct acenic check for parisc to hppa
o        HPPA port requires pci-setup
o        Add headers for som binary loader               (Matthew Wilcox)

The KDE
Project today announced the release of
KOffice 1.1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1).
KOffice is an integrated office suite for KDE which utilizes open
standards for component communication and component embedding.
The primary goals of this release are to provide a preview of
KOffice 1.1 and to involve users and developers who wish to
request/implement missing features or identify problems.
Code development is currently focused on stabilizing KOffice 1.1,
scheduled
for final release in mid-August, 2001.Although a release candidate, KOffice 1.1RC1 constitutes the most stable and
feature-complete release of KOffice to date. The KOffice team encourages
all users of earlier KOffice releases to upgrade to KOffice 1.1RC1.
In particular, this release is substantially more stable and
feature-complete than KOffice 1.0, which was released together with KDE 2.0
in October 2000. Changes to individual KOffice components since the last
beta release are enumerated below. In addition
Release
Notes, a
list of
changes since the KOffice 1.0 release, and a
KOffice FAQ, are
available at the KOffice website.

This release includes the following components:
KWord
(a frame-based, full-featured word processor);
KPresenter
(a presentation application);
KSpread
(a spreadsheet application);
Kontour
(a vector-drawing application f/k/a KIllustrator);
Kivio
(a flowchart application);
KChart
(a chart drawing application);
KFormula
(a formula editor);
Kugar
(a tool for generating business quality reports); and
filters
(for importing documents created by, or exporting documents for use with,
other office suites or office programs).

The most significant improvements since KOffice 1.1beta3, the last
KOffice beta release which was announced last month, occurred in
KWord. These improvements
include: support for Asian languages with
XIM;
drop’n’paste of images; and
copy/paste of tables. KWord also benefited from numerous bug-fixes,
particularly in the auto-sizing and auto-scrolling features.
For a further list of improvements to KOffice since the last beta release,
please refer to the incremental changelog below.

KOffice and all its components are available for free under
Open Source licenses from the KDE
server
and its mirrors.
As a result of the dedicated efforts of hundreds of translators,
KOffice 1.1RC1 is available in 27 languages.

Incremental Changelog

The following are the major improvements, enhancements and fixes since the
KOffice-1.1beta3 release last month:

• All suite applications (KOffice libs)
• New Features and Improvements:
• added a submenu for selecting a type of embedded document to insert;
• improved useability of template creation dialog;
• improved template names to permit special characters, like ‘(‘;
• improved the select-color actions with color palette;
• improved the WMF-loader to parse the DPI of WMF files; and
• replaced the filters’ embedded dialog into the file chooser with normal dialogs; and
• Bug Fixes:
• fixed the automatic naming of DCOP interfaces;
• fixed the recent files list (some ways of opening documents didn’t add to that list);
• fixed the autosave feature to only save if the document was changed since the last autosave;
• fixed “Configure keys” to list all the available actions; and
• fixed problems with embedded documents and zooming.
• KWord
• New Features:
• added XIM support (for Asian languages);
• added save/restore UI settings (formatting characters, frame borders, zoom);
• added “keep aspect ratio” option when inserting/resizing images;
• added support for dropping and pasting images;
• added frame dialog for headers and footers;
• enabled changing the charset for selected characters (helps non-AA displays and when printing);
• enabled disabling the grid by pressing shift while moving/resizing a frame; and
• implemented copy/paste of tables;
• Improvements:
• improved paragraph borders to span the entire frame/page width;
• improved auto-resizing when inserting very large images;
• improved auto-scrolling (also applies when moving a frame, etc.);
• improved cell auto-sizing in tables;
• improved preview in style dialog;
• improved calculation of floating tables size and placement;
• optimized speed when typing;
• made the “insert special character” dialog non-modal;
• increased the number of settings saved to/loaded from the KPresenter configuration file;
• revised class design for future code sharing with other KOffice applications; and
• made coordinates relative to page corner in frame dialog; and
• Bug fixes:
• fixed text-flow bugs;
• fixed frame selection in case of overlapping frames;
• fixed many undo/redo bugs (especially for tables) and grouping of commands;
• fixed inline items in headers/footers/copied frames;
• fixed copying frames (with inline frames);
• fixed table of content (regeneration and page numbers);
• fixed typographical quotes (never triggered in beta3);
• fixed undo/redo when applying a new format to a variable, and when pasting text with inline items;
• fixed loading of multi-columns documents, and loading of cliparts;
• fixed saving of copied frames; and
• fixed KPart objects, zooming, and preview mode.
• KPresenter
• increased the number of settings saved to/loaded from the KPresenter configuration file;
• reduced size of file saved;
• switched to menu XML for all actions;
• fixed web presentation (author, email information); and
• fixed icon names.
• KSpread
• fixed autofill bugs;
• fixed crash when displaying an area (table name was not translated);
• fixed GUI problems with the dialogbox;
• closed some memory leaks (formula dialogbox and consolidate dialogbox were not deleted);
• fixed “list sort” to not delete predefined lists (month, day);
• fixed tags in header/footer (<name> <file> <author>); and
• fixed print setup.
• Kontour
• renamed application from KIllustrator to Kontour;
• added ability to delete objects with the backspace key;
• added ability to use the delete key in a text object;
• switched to KPrinter for printing (provides users with much greater control over layout/formatting of printed pages);
• fixed helpline (the helpline is not moved and the cursor is not changed when the helplines are hidden);
• fixed XIM positioning;
• fixed undo/redo/cut actions;
• fixed undo/redo change fill parameters;
• fixed GUI to ensure tool is always checked;
• fixed layerPanel (enable/disable button and other fixes); and
• fixed crash when deleting a table.

For a list of major changes since the KOffice 1.0 release last October, please
visit the
KOffice
website.

Downloading and Compiling KOffice

Source Packages.
The source packages for KOffice 1.1RC1 are available for free download at
http://ftp.kde.org/unstable/koffice-1.1-rc1/src/ or in the
equivalent directory at one of the many KDE ftp server
mirrors.

Library
Requirements.
KOffice requires recent versions of Qt and kdelibs, and even more recent
versions are recommended.

• Required: KOffice 1.1rc1 requires
  qt-x11-2.2.4
  or greater, kdesupport-2.1.x or greater, and kdelibs-2.1.2 or greater. The
  KDE packages are available from the KDE ftp servers at
  http://ftp.kde.org/stable/2.1.1/distribution/
  and http://ftp.kde.org/stable/2.1.2/distribution/.
  Please note, however, that kdelibs-2.1.1 will cause some crashes and
  anti-aliased font problems. Moreover, both kdelibs-2.1.1 and kdelibs-2.1.2
  will not properly accept .doc documents in the file selection dialog (see the
  release
  notes for a workaround).
  
   
  For more information on these kdelibs
  releases, please see the
  KDE 2.1.1
  press release and the
  KDE 2.1.2
  press release.

 

• Recommended: The KOffice team recommends the use of
  qt-x11-2.3.1 and kdelibs-2.2beta. Kdelibs-2.2beta (and the pending kdelibs-2.2RC1)
  provide a few additional features, such as improved printing support
  (kdeprint), a scanner plugin, and proper recognition of
  ..doc files in the file selector dialog.
  KDE 2.2beta1 is available from
  http://www.kde.org/unstable/2.2beta1/
  and KDE 2.2RC1 should be available shortly from
  http://www.kde.org/unstable/2.2rc1/.
  Please note that the kdesupport package has been discontinued for KDE 2.2.x
  due to the fact that most distributions already provide the libraries
  and programs which were included in that package. If you still require
  this package, you may use one of the
  snapshots.
  
   
  For more information on the kdelibs-2.2beta1 release, please see the
  release
  announcement.

KOffice 1.1rc1 will not work with versions of Qt older than 2.2.4 or
versions of kdelibs older than 2.1.1.

Compiler Requirements.
Please note that some components of
KOffice 1.1RC1 (such as the Quattro Pro^® import filter
and the new KChart) will not
compile with older versions of gcc/egcs,
such as egcs-1.1.2 or gcc-2.7.2. At a minimum gcc-2.95-* is required.

Further Instructions.
For further instructions on compiling and installing KOffice, please consult
the installation
instructions.

Installing Binary Packages

Binary Packages.
Some distributors choose to provide binary packages of KOffice for certain
versions of their distribution. Some of these binary packages for
KOffice 1.1RC1 will be available for free download under
http://ftp.kde.org/unstable/koffice-1.1-rc1/
or under the equivalent directory at one of the many KDE ftp server
mirrors. Please note that the
KDE team is not responsible for these packages as they are provided by third
parties — typically, but not always, the distributor of the relevant
distribution (if you cannot find a binary package for your distribution,
please read the KDE Binary Package
Policy).

Library Requirements.
The library requirements for a particular binary package varies with the
system on which the package was compiled. Please bear in mind that
some binary packages may require a newer version of Qt and/or KDE
than was distributed with the distribution version for which the binary
package is listed below. For general library requirements for KOffice,
please see the text at Source Code –
Library Requirements.

Package Locations.
At the time of this release, pre-compiled packages are available for:

• Linux Mandrake (README):
  • Cooker: i586 and ia64
  • 8.0: for kdelibs 2.1.2, i586 and PPC; for kdelibs 2.2beta1, i586
• SuSE Linux (README – requires Qt-2.3.x):
  • kdelibs 2.2beta1
  • 7.2: i386; please see the noarch directory for common files
  • 7.1: i386, PPC and Sparc; please see the noarch directory for common files
  • 7.0: i386, PPC and S390; please see the noarch directory for common files
  • 6.4: i386; please see the noarch directory for common files
  • kdelibs 2.1.2 and kdesupport 2.1.1
  • 7.2: i386 and IA64; please see the noarch directory for common files
  • 7.1: i386, PPC, Alpha and Sparc; please see the noarch directory for common files
  • 7.0: i386, PPC and S390; please see the noarch directory for common files
  • 6.4: i386; please see the noarch directory for common files

Please check the servers periodically for pre-compiled packages for other
distributions. More binary packages may become available over the
coming days and weeks; in particular the
Debian packages are expected late
this or early next week.

About KOffice/KDE

KOffice is part of the KDE project.
KDE is an independent, collaborative project by hundreds of developers
worldwide to create a sophisticated, customizable and stable desktop environment
employing a component-based, network-transparent architecture.
KDE is working proof of the power of the Open Source “Bazaar-style” software
development model to create first-rate technologies on par with
and superior to even the most complex commercial software.

For more information about KDE, please visit KDE’s
web site.
For more information about KOffice, please visit KOffice’s
web site where you can find,
among other things, information on
contributing to KOffice.

Corporate KOffice Sponsors

Besides the valuable and excellent efforts by the
KOffice developers
themselves, significant support for KOffice development has been provided by
MandrakeSoft (which sponsors
KOffice developers David
Faure and Laurent Montel),
theKompany.com (which
contributed Kivio and Kugar to KOffice),
and
Klarälvdalens
Datakonsult AB (which contributed the new KChart to KOffice). Thanks!

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Trademarks Notices.
KDE, K Desktop Environment, KChart, KFormula, Kontour, KOffice,
KPresenter, Krayon, KSpread and KWord are trademarks of KDE e.V.
Kivio and Kugar are trademarks of thekompany.com.

Quattro Pro is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Unix is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
Trolltech and Qt are trademarks of Trolltech AS.
All other trademarks and copyrights referred to in this announcement are
the property of their respective owners.

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Press Contacts:
United States:	Kurt Granroth granroth@kde.org (1) 480 732 1752   Andreas Pour pour@kde.org (1) 917 312 3122
Europe (French and English):	David Faure faure@kde.org (44) 1225 837409
Europe (English and German):	Martin Konold konold@kde.org (49) 179 2252249

Upside: “As I discussed with Paul, if you can copy Dartmouth Basic and make it work on the 8080
processor, then we can bundle it with the Altair and jointly license it to other personal
computer makers. Your software and our hardware will sell like hotcakes to all the
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for ordinary people. We will sell millions of these machines — all with your software.

Our goal should be to have a computer that runs your software on every office desktop and
in every home — first in America and then throughout the world. I will make you filthy rich,
Bill Gates, and that is a promise!!”