eWeek Labs reviews the Zeus Web Server 3.3.8, which runs Linux and “pretty much every variety of Unix” including Mac OS X. eWeek tested it running Red Hat 7.0 and OS X.

At LWN.net: GTK+-1.3.4 has been released. This is a preview release of the
unstable branch of GTK+ and is meant for: Those interested in the development of GTK+; people planning to port to the upcoming GTK+-2.0 version of GTK+. Here’s the GLib announcement.

JM writes, “As a service to storage afficionados, the SourceForge Storage Foundry has posted the SAMBA 2.2 ‘What’s New’ notes. SAMBA 2.2 provides many enhancements for network attached storage in heterogeneous networks — including cross-platform file sharing, authentication, and more.

SourceForge.net Storage Foundry

The Storage Foundry is an attempt to gather all information that pertains to Open Source storage and place it in an easily-accessible location on the web. We wish to achieve the necessary Open Source cross-pollenation that results in maximum Open Source advancement (better software, faster).”

Ferom net-security.org: Marcus Meissner discovered that samba was not creating temporary files safely in two places:

When a remote user queried a printer queue samba would creates a temporary file in which the queue
data would be written. This was doing using a predictable filename and insecurely, allowing a local
attacker to trick samba into overwriting arbitrary files.
smbclient “more” and “mput” commands also creates temporary files in /tmp insecurely.
Both problems have been fixed in version 2.0.7-3.2. and we recommand that you upgrade your samba
package immediately. More posted at LWN.net.

Gareth J. Greenaway writes, “The Simi-Conejo Linux Users Group will be holding LUGFest IV on
April 21st and 22nd, 2001, in
Simi Valley, California. A LUG Fest is an opportunity for you to see Linux users demo Linux (or other Open Source operating systems), Linux applications, attend seminars, and BOF (Birds Of a Feather) sessions. Additionally, vendors may participate and show off their wares. Among others you will see:
VA Linux, SGI, Mandrake, Linuxcare, Cosmo Engineering, Disney, PDAs, Tomcat Java Server, TV on Linux, Zope, Roxen, VPNs, wireless networking, and much much more… Due to the continually growing attendance from LUG Fest to LUG Fest,
the LUGFest changed to a two-afternoon event so more people can attend. For more info, to register for LFIV, contact gareth@wiked.org, or visit http://www.lugfest.org.”

IDG News Service has a short item saying VA Linux (NewsForge’s parent company) has started shipping a new network-attached storage appliance, aimed at large-data companies such as digital media companies. More details from InfoWorld.

Anonymous Reader writes: “There is a new game developer portal now available for both open-source and commercial online games. Pixel Entertainment Network went live in Feburary, but has now just started picking up speed by presenting a series of forums for everyone to discuss on topics ranging from just starting to develop a game to the legal sides and marketing techniques for presenting the game (or games).
Although the site is a bit new, there is nearly something new everyday and looks like it has alot of potential, especially as a home for new game developers to express their ideas. This is a great place for new developers to talk with veterans as well as for game players to get some inside hints for some of the games they play today! There are even some links for those looking for additional outside help if this site does not yet offer it.

The site can be found at either http://stormbringer.sysconn.com or http://pcxl.n3.net.”

That’s LinuxPlanet’s incorrect Bible quote, not ours. “It’s entirely unplanned but a kind of neat coincidence that it’s Easter week and here I am talking about an operating system back from the dead and
what Linux can learn from it.

The operating system is IBM’s perennially crippled OS/2. It’s back in the form of a very good system with a very bad name: eCommerceStation. I
have a beta here, and it works very well. It’s an updated OS/2 Warp4 with lots of good applications, some very interesting network-centric stuff,
and the letters “eCS” everyplace older versions had “OS/2.” It’s published not by IBM but by a company called Serenity Systems.”

VNU: “Microsoft’s first crack at the security market, its Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA)
firewall, has been dealt a major blow only weeks after its release as security experts warned
that the product is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks.

An advisory released by security firm SecureXpert Labs today revealed that Microsoft’s ISA
Server 1.0 running on a Windows 2000 platform with Service Pack 1 is vulnerable.”

Newsfactor: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday confirmed past hack attacks on several U.S. Web sites, and said that perhaps several more have been perpetrated by Chinese ‘hackers.'”