Author: JT Smith
From Linuxtoday.com: A serious vulnerability has been found in a version of Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator Java interpreter that allows Web-based programs to access virtually any file.
Category:
- Linux
Napster gone corporate?
Author: JT Smith
From Wideopen.com: Intel will attempt to prove it can get down with the baddest Net players when it announces a plan to ignite development of more peer-to-peer networking for businesses and consumers.
Category:
- Open Source
Stallman Begs to Differ with Troll Tech’s Allison
Author: JT Smith
Richard Stallman rebuts Warwick Allison in a BeOpen.com letter to the editor.
Category:
- Linux
NetBSD Security Advisory: Netscape 4.73
Author: JT Smith
The buffer overrun in Netscape’s JPEG parser has been fixed in 4.74; here is the
NetBSD Security Advisory.
NetBSD Security Advisory.
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- Linux
Dr. Dobb’s Python-URL
PKI still mired in pilot mode
Author: JT Smith
from ZDNet’s eWeek. Quote from story: PKI (public-key infrastructure) two years ago held the title of most
promising security technology. But in the battle to become a staple of
IT security, PKI has fallen behind intrusion detection, anti-virus
software and e-mail filtering and is in danger of becoming “forever
pilotware,” said Chris King, an analyst at Greenwich Technology
Partners Inc., in Stamford, Conn.
promising security technology. But in the battle to become a staple of
IT security, PKI has fallen behind intrusion detection, anti-virus
software and e-mail filtering and is in danger of becoming “forever
pilotware,” said Chris King, an analyst at Greenwich Technology
Partners Inc., in Stamford, Conn.
Category:
- Linux
Latest Netscape 6 Beta Due This Week
Author: JT Smith
[announcement]Full story at SiliconValley.internet.com. Quote: “There will be at least one more beta before a final version slated for this fall. This is
a critical time for Netscape given that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has overtaken the once-dominant
Netscape browser to gain the lion’s share of the market.”
a critical time for Netscape given that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has overtaken the once-dominant
Netscape browser to gain the lion’s share of the market.”
Category:
- Linux
MandrakeSoft Appoints Internet Pioneer Henri Poole as CEO.
Author: JT Smith
[press release]San Francisco, CA, August 7, 2000 – MandrakeSoft Inc., the company behind the world’s
fastest-growing Linux operating system, Linux-Mandrake, today announced the appointment of
Internet industry pioneer Henri Poole as its new Chief Executive Officer. Poole also joins the board
of directors of the company. Complete text here.
fastest-growing Linux operating system, Linux-Mandrake, today announced the appointment of
Internet industry pioneer Henri Poole as its new Chief Executive Officer. Poole also joins the board
of directors of the company. Complete text here.
OLinux.com.br Interviews Arturo Espinosa
Author: JT Smith
“Arturo Espinosa Aldama forms part of the generation that was early exposed to
8-bit computers and BASIC programming. He has been either an amateur or
professional programmer since, and a GNU/Linux user since he started his
computer sciences studies at UNAM, the National University of Mexico. Having
worked in several institutional systems for the university and the Red Escolar
Linux project for the ministry of education, he now works for HelixCode, a
leading Free Software development company.”Interview at OLinux.com.br.
8-bit computers and BASIC programming. He has been either an amateur or
professional programmer since, and a GNU/Linux user since he started his
computer sciences studies at UNAM, the National University of Mexico. Having
worked in several institutional systems for the university and the Red Escolar
Linux project for the ministry of education, he now works for HelixCode, a
leading Free Software development company.”Interview at OLinux.com.br.
Category:
- Linux