Opnix, which was formed in 1999, also needed to customise its
network for its highly specialised needs. From SlashTCO: “As the Linux source code
is fully available it can be modified, added to, or stripped down to
suit individual business requirements. A proprietary solution would
not have allowed Opnix anywhere near this level of flexibility. Opnix
currently use Linux as a web, mail, file and print server. It is also
used on many of the company’s desktops.”

“To a distant observer, operating systems are dead things, little magnetic marks on some spinning
gadget that somehow do something that lets you do something, or something like that. To typical
computer users, operating systems are the malevolent force inside the computer that causes things to
go wrong. But in no wise would they seem to be fertile soil whence grow cults of personality.” From Linux Planet.

From ZDNET.co.uk: “To deploy or not to deploy?” That is the question eWEEK Labs posed to
eWEEK’s Corporate Partners — and it is a question that is sure to be
lingering in many IT shops regarding Windows 2000.”

Computer World reports: “Security analysts are bracing themselves for what potentially could be a
devastating series of denial-of-service attacks in the coming weeks if systems administrators
throughout the U.S. fail to apply patches that are designed to close four new security gaps
discovered in the software that allows most companies to connect to the Internet.”

babar writes “Adequat-Adelux presents FireDraw, an application that allows firewall administration via Web.
Firedraw is an Open Source software product under the GPL license.It’s an innovative product that provides a Web interface for administering a network’s firewall.This application gives the possibility to configure different firewalls rules of your network, using simple web browser.
Firedraw was written because a lot of open source users couldn’t find a suitable tool.Moreover, anyone can adapt it to their own needs, as Firedraw is freely available on http://adelux.c2a.fr (in French).
Firedraw establishes firewall rules by using objects and services.The objects are predefined by the user with the help of the Web interface to Firedraw’s Network Object Manager.They can be of different types such as workstations, domains, networks etc.In a similar manner Firedraw’s Service Manager manages services such as Web(http), mail(smtp)…
Once the objects have been created,the user can then graphically elaborate the rules that manage the security of his network.Firedraw will then translate the established rules into an intermediate language (XML).The rules are the rewritten using the firewall’s actual syntax and inserted into the files containing the firewall’s rules.
The intermediate language was established to enable a modular solution. It’s possible to adapt modules that will generate rules for other firewalls, whether Linux or not.Firedraw’s current distribution includes a module that generates rules for the Linux Netfilter Firewall (kernel 2.4).
Firedraw’s architecture is consits of the following elements:
* A Zope web interface
* A relational Database (PostgreSQL), that allows managing different objects and their properties
* Rule Daemon: a Python module that generates the rules that are comprehensible to the actual firewall
* Final Daemon: a Python module installed in each one of the firewalls, whitch is in charge of inserting the rules generated by the Rule Daemon into the Firedraw filed
In this manner Firedraw allows the administrator to manage the security of his website in free, simple, and quick manner, accessible through web interface.

With the goal of advancing Linux security, Adequt-Adelux developed Firedraw under the GPL license. This provies the users with an administration solution that is free, reliable and open-source.

Adequat-Adelux http://adelux.c2a.fr“

Linux Today has posted the notice, a download link, and a change log for 2.4.1.

From Wired.com:
Linux is a highly capable but curt operating system that does not suffer fools gladly.

Likewise, LinuxWorld shows have always been a gathering primarily for the few, the proud, the brave and the extremely nerdy ubergeeks.

But this year LinuxWorld will feature tools that will help bring the alternative operating system squarely into the mainstream.

From Wired.com: “Open source developers and penguin-heads will obviously consider the source, but here’s the latest salvo from a Microsoft manager: The Linux craze is dead, over, kaput.”

InfoWorld reports: “With the new server corporate customers will be able to scale from a single Intel
processor-based server to a mainframe, maintaining the same class of reliability as
the company’s line of eServers, company officials said.”

Linux Journal is talking about pre-show preparations and looking forward to the start of Linux World in New York City.