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Linux News for May 28, 2001
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Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (May 28) (2001-05-28 23:00:09)
All that's new in the Python world.
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CNET: Caldera OpenLinux eServer 2.3 (2001-05-28 22:30:12)
CNET's reviewer likes Caldera's latest offering, saying it's
built from the ground up to be a server distro and that shows.
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EnGarde Secure Linux Security Advisory: pine temporary file handling vulnerabilities (2001-05-28 22:00:08)
"All versions of the pine email client and the pico text editor
have temporary file handling problems. Any local user can
potentially overwrite any file on the system, including those
belonging to root. These bugs have been fixed in this update."
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DukeOfURL: Progeny Debian 1.0 Review (2001-05-28 21:30:56)
The DukeOfURL says Progeny Debian 1.0 is fast, stable, and
excellent for users and administrators interested in hands-on
management of their machine. On the downside, not all the packages
are the most current (the KDE version shipping is 2.0) and
automated/integrated security management is lagging.
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ZDNet UK: HP exec: Linux will be desktop champ (2001-05-28 21:00:10)
Quelle surprise! Despite recent assertions of the dead Linux
desktop (and affirmations of as much on the part of Dell
executives, Bruce Perens (he's the HP executive the headline refers
to) says "[The Linux] desktop is not dead, and will perform in the
market as Linux has in the server market--going from a toy to a
curiosity to a contender to having a big piece of the market."
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GNOME Summary for May 20 - May 25, 2001 (2001-05-28 20:19:48)
Christian Schaller reports on GNOME for Solaris, the OpenOffice
Bonobo bridge, Ximian's release of SOUP, Havoc's brainstorming
document, a new 3d modeler, and the project to turn gtkhtml into a
Bonobo component.
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Alan Cox: Linux 2.4.5-ac3 (2001-05-28 19:40:12)
"In terms of going through the code audit almost all the sound
drivers still need fixing to lock against format changes during a
read/write. Poll creating and starting a buffer as write does and
also mmap during write, write during an mmap."
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The Register: MS-built UK 'Government Gateway' locks out non-MS browsers (2001-05-28 19:11:12)
Go, monoculture. It looks as if Microsoft's "Government Gateway"
site, key to an ongoing inititiative by the government in the UK to
make all its services available online, doesn't allow many browsers
thanks to the nature of the digital certificates it issues:
specifically, browsers that aren't IE 5.01 or better. The Register
reports the issue is still somewhat up in the air.
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SecurityPortal: Weekly Linux Security Digest: 2001/05/21 to 2001/05/27 (2001-05-28 16:45:17)
"The only really new thing is the man page vulnerability in Red
Hat, which if exploited could allow a user to gain "man"
privileges, which doesn't sound to bad until you realize that root
will probably run "man" and then bad things might happen."
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Slashdot: Should You Donate Money to Companies? (2001-05-28 15:35:58)
Is a software company asking for donations worth your money or
is it a case of exploiting the good will of the Linux community?
Slashdot has a column in two parts: an angry tirade by a reader,
and a firm rebuttal by Rob Malda, who calls claims of exploitation
so much posturing by non-coding fanboys.
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SecurityPortal: IPFilter: Free No More? (2001-05-28 14:12:27)
IPFilter is the foundation of firewalling for the BSD family. A
recent release included a change in the license that restricts
"derivative or modified works," and a subsequent change that
redistribution is not permitted. This article maintains IPF is no
longer compliant with the Open Source Definition, raising issues
similar to the issues raised by ssh being "taken proprietary."
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Debian Project at two exhibitions (2001-05-28 13:53:29)
"Two exhibitions and conferences will start within a couple of
days. The Debian project has been offered to run a booth on one and
will have a developers meeting on the other. The events take place
in Brazil and Japan."
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GNOME Foundation: RFC: Foundation Administrative Employee (2001-05-28 02:04:29)
The GNOME Foundation is interested in hiring a full-time
administrative employee. The board already has a candidate in mind.
Most interesting is this: "We are all very concerned about avoiding
the Open Group situation. We do not want a foundation that has its
own misguided interests competing with those of the hackers or the
member organizations. This is the primary risk people have
identified."
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Alan Cox: Linux 2.4.5-ac2 (2001-05-28 01:00:42)
"In terms of going through the code audit almost all the sound
drivers still need fixing to lock against format changes during a
read/write. Poll creating and starting a buffer as write does and
also mmap during write, write during an mmap."
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