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The many flavors of GNU/Linux
Author: JT Smith
By Emmett Plant
NewsForge ColumnistSpeaking of GNU/Linux
Remember 1999? In 1999, if you were having dinner with a geek, he
would have told you to...
LPRng security advisory
Author: JT Smith
LWN.net has this advisory from Red Hat: LPRng has a string format bug in the use_syslog function which could lead
to root compromise.
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IBM brings journaling filesystem to Linux
Author: JT Smith
Linux World reports: "The lack of a journaling filesystem has kept Linux from being an option for
...
Red Hat talks big at Open Source conference
Author: JT Smith
From a CNet story: "Red Hat may need to trade up to an extra-large fedora if its head gets any
...
Sega wants to silence advice Web sites
Author: JT Smith
Sega of America, saying it has privacy concerns, wants to shut down several Web sites and message boards that discuss the Dreamcast...
Security update to lpr
Author: JT Smith
LWN.net has the advisory: "lpr has a format string security bug. It also mishandles any extension to
the lpd communication protocol, and...
IBM launches new mainframe
Author: JT Smith
From a ComputerWorld story on IBM's launch of its first 64-bit mainframe computer: "The new servers also support a feature that allow...
Tech glitch brings Napster down
Author: JT Smith
CNN.com reports: "Both the Napster Web site and
...
Patent Office director: My hands are tied
Author: JT Smith
By Grant Gross
Managing Editor
An often raucous debate on the effect of patents on the Internet ended Tuesday night with a leading cyberlaw...
Domain names set to double to 60m by 2002
Author: JT Smith
As of today, there were 30,272,862 URLs registered worldwide - according to NetNames, part of UK domain name registrar NetBenefit. It reckons...