ZDNET.co.uk: “Hardware giant Intel, which has thrown its considerable weight
behind the Linux operating system in recent months, said Tuesday
that it is looking at creating of a European Linux research laboratory.”

ZDNET.co.uk reports: “Swedish software maker, Pocit Labs, says it has created the world’s
first Napster-like file-swapping software for mobile devices that
communicate using so-called Bluetooth technology.”

Interbind writes “Interbind, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of version 0.9 of its XML Messaging Server (IBX). The latest version of IBX expands the capabilities of the previous version to include support for connections using HTTP and offers a preview of SOAP messaging support.

The latest version is available for free download on our developer website: developer.interbind.com/downloads.jsp. Complete documentation and full release notes are also available at our developer site.

What’s New in IBX 0.9

· Supports HTTP version 1.1.
· Configurable port number
· Transmits any message type safely over HTTP, including serialized objects

· Requires support for both inbound and outbound HTTP connections at each node (this restriction will be relaxed in a future release of IBX)

· HTTP connections do not yet support automatic retransmission of lost messages

· Preliminary SOAP message support, including a primitive object model for constructing SOAP requests and extracting values from responses. More extensive SOAP support will appear in IBX version 1.0.

· A sample SOAP relay service: This sample service acts as a SOAP client and relays the response from a remote SOAP service to another IBX node for processing.

· Improved message handling under load: a number of changes were made to the message handling subsystem to make messaging more robust and reliable, significantly increasing the message load which the system can handle in a typical configuration.

What’s Changed in IBX 0.9

There have been significant changes in the .net, .protocol, .message and related packages to support HTTP. However, these do not affect any of the higher-level interfaces used to register services, open sessions and exchange messages between nodes.

About Interbind, Inc.

Interbind develops middleware for Web Services. Interbind software is based on the premise that service-oriented, peer-to-peer software will enable business processes to migrate from manual person-browser-system connections (Web applications) to automated system-interface-system relationships (Web Services). Interbind software allows companies to expose their enterprise systems as Web Services and to connect to other Web Services in a secure manner while simplifying the complexities of integrating distributed systems. Interbind, Inc. is privately held and headquartered in New York City.”

Sensei writes “This NHF is primarily for the Mandrake Distribution, although it can pertain to Red Hat as Mandrake is an offshoot of Red Hat. I upgraded my kernel from 2.2.17-21mdk to 2.4.0. The first step I took was to download ksymoops-2.4.0 and modutils-2.4.1. I then unpacked these in my /home/foo dir, then I read the README and INSTALL files of both of these. This told me remove my old man pages in my /usr/man/man1 dir,which I did, these will be replaced by man8.” Read the rest at Linuxnewbie.org.“

– By Grant Gross –
Faced with threats of a trademark lawsuit, developers of OpenSSH are plugging away writing code after getting silence from SSH Communications Security Corp. since mid-February.

In mid-February, Tatu Ylönen, chairman and CTO of SSH Communications Security, sent a letter to the OpenSSH developers list, demanding OpenSSH stop using “SSH,” which Ylönen claims to have a trademark on. On Feb. 15, Todd Fries, holder of the OpenSSH.com domain, received some legal-looking paperwork from Ylönen’s lawyers, but members of the OpenSSH team say they’ve heard nothing since that initial round of emails and documents. (Read part one and part two of the OpenSSH trademark dispute.)

Ylönen didn’t respond to emails this week and in late February asking about his company’s next move.

OpenSSH leaders have promised to fight the trademark claim, and Ylönen released a statement and proposal asking that any products with “ssh” in their names be licensed by his company. OpenSSH developers, saying they’re used the name for nearly two years without a peep from SSH Communications Security, pretty much thumbed their collective noses at Ylönen’s proposal.

Says Theo de Raadt, one of the vocal OpenSSH developers: “If anything further comes, I think my statement is basically: We don’t care anymore. It’s all just a waste of time regarding an invalid trademark dispute (note he has not tried to sue us yet), and
thus cutting into our valuable time writing better free software.”

Meanwhile, the OpenSSH team continues to write code. Late last week, the team released Portable OpenSSH 2.5.1p2 designed to run on Unix-based operating systems other than OpenBSD. Portable OpenSSH runs on Linux, MacOS X, Solaris, and several other Unixes.

Damien Miller, lead developer on the Portable OpenSSH team, said he’s “not losing much sleep” over the trademark issue. “Personally I don’t want to worry about the trademark issue — I just want to get on with improving OpenSSH,” he said.

Miller said the trademark claim has been “pretty comprehensively debunked,” repeating earlier arguments by de Raadt and others.

Meanwhile, de Raadt is pointing people to current research on what implementations of SSH people are using. The graph shows a growing number of OpenSSH users.

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Wired.com: “Snowbound geeks argue over how to protect anonymity during the sparsely attended first day of the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference.”

Wired.com: “What goes on in the mind of a computer vandal? That’s the question that compels security experts to set up ersatz systems to lure crackers. But some say it’s nothing more than entrapment.”

Patrick Mullen writes “The Duke of URL has just posted the ninth iteration
of its Linux Buyer’s Guide.

The guide covers 4 systems and a list of peripherals (by popular demand)
that work best with Linux. Also included is the month in review and a
few new enhancements to make tracking down the components for your next
system a little easier.”

PCWorld: “So-called “2G” (second-generation) network technology is differentiated from 1G primarily as a move from
analog to digital. Among the common 2G networks are CDMA, GSM, and TDMA. But 2G is slow for data
services; most wireless Web access moves at snail-like speeds of 10 to 19 kilobits per second. Proponents of
3G networks promise speeds from 384 kbps to 2 megabits per second. At 3G speeds, mobile phones or
handheld devices could handle high-speed multimedia and become all-in-one communication, entertainment,
and information devices.”

LinuxPR: “UnionBuiltBox is happy to announce the addition of SuSE and Mandrake Linux to
our powerful Athlon Workstations. There are now four Linux distributions that
are available on our Athlon Workstations, Red Hat, Kondara, SuSE and
Mandrake. Our Athlon Workstations have CPU speeds ranging from 750mhz to
1.2ghz.”