A cellular industry trade group asked the FCC to suspend a requirement that cellular carriers install equipment and software that would allow the government to easily eavesdrop on wireless data, reports Computerworld.
“This means that someone could obtain a copy of your public key, add their
own ADKs, and attempt to fool someone into using this modified public key
when communicating with you,” says Security Focus.
A RootPrompt reader reports, “I found that OpenBSD has done a lot of things right and that there are some things
that the Linux community should study and emulate.”
CNET.com reports that Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina will unveil the first incarnation of the company’s new high-end
“Superdome” Unix server in New York on Sept. 12.
CNET.com says that for the past week Microsoft has been “thoroughly investigating” a scenario in which expired Hotmail accounts are thought to
provide an
Although Santa Clara-based Intel stole the spotlight at its developer conference, many other vendors, including Red Hat, used the event to announce new products of their own, reports Infoworld.com.