Internetnews: “The sadmind/IIS worm propagates from an infected Solaris machine by probing port 80 on a random Class B set of IP addresses, looking for the
signature of other Solaris or IIS web servers. Should it find another vulnerable Solaris machine, the worm will upload its attack tool, root.exe, and
infect the server.”

theHighlander writes: “Talking of network intrusions, most follow a similar pattern. Here is a peek into a typical intrusion scenario, which leads to the adoption of a detection method, followed by the rectification and reconfigurations stages to set right the intrusion. Read on…”

theHighlander writes: “DES may soon be a passe, what with Rijndael now being chosen by the NIST as the Advanced Encryption Standard. Though Rijndael with its complex algorithm codes, compactness and design simplicity has a great potential for application in handheld and wireless computers, the moot question is, will the block cipher-designed code be safe enough? Read on… “

Kelly McNeill writes “Open source has some significant advantages over traditional programming, but there is one that I have never seen discussed: the recruiting benefits. The best part is, the “interview” is a perfect simulation of writing code for the project, because it is precisely that. You write code and submit it, and if it passes muster you are “hired.” The Microsoft joke about having an interview candidate solve a technical issue has instead become open-source reality.”

CNet reports that RLX has unveiled a Transmeta-based server to go head to head with Intel-based servers. The servers promise to run on 1/10th the power of their Intel counterparts and can be stacked closer together because of their lower heat emissions.

Star Tribune reports that one third of Australian households have Internet access, making the country the third-highest per capita user of the Web behind Sweden and the United States, according to a survey Tuesday.

Yahoo! reports that Mentor Graphics Corp. announced its strategy to provde the industry’s first complete front-end solution for programmable logic design on the Linux platform.

KDE dot reports on the results of a poll which suggests that speed is the number one issue of concern among voting users of KDE.

Kelly McNeill writes “UNIX has lots of standards, but almost no single standard for how anything will work. You don’t have a standard UNIX shell; you have 20 of them. You don’t have a standard editor; you have 50 of them. And you don’t have a standard scripting language; you have 100 of them. Because UNIX has lots of standards and, therefore, no standard. So there we have the anti-standard paradox.“

The latest version of Eazel’s file manager is now available. Changelog and download info at LinuxToday.