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It's catching on slower than expected, but more companies are signing upIn February, 2003, electronics giant Motorola Inc. (MOT ) stunned the mobile-phone business with a bold change of course. During the industry's annual shindig in Cannes, the Schaumberg (Ill.) company announced the world's first handset built around the Linux operating system and unveiled plans to use the populist software in consumer phones from then on. . . .
From the outside, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s new Compaq nx5000 notebook looks much like any other portable computer. But inside there's a difference.The operating system installed on the nx5000 is not Microsoft Corp.'s ubiquitous Windows, but Linux. . . .
Oracle on Tuesday delivered its first-ever monthly rollup of security patches, addressing more than 30 vulnerabilities discovered by Next Generation Security Software Ltd. between January and February, and also tackling more than 20 vulnerabilities that eWEEK.com has learned were recently discovered by Application Security Inc. . . .
Novell is reorganising its business to focus on two key areas - Linux and identity management.The networking software firm's Nterprise and Linux operations will be folded into a Platform and Application Services group CRN reports. Its other two business divisions, Secure iServices and Resource Management, will be brought together under a new Identity Services operation. The names of the new divisions are subject to change. . . .
Not many people may remember this, but Phil Donahue was one of the digital age's first technophobes.In 1974, the TV talk show host denounced the Universal Product Code, better known as the bar code, as a dastardly plot that would let grocery stores trick consumers. Grocers would replace price tags with bar codes and confuse shoppers, Donahue informed his viewers repeatedly. . . .
Opinion: With security holes to the left of us and program incompatibilities to the right, SP2 is giving corporate IT departments more reasons than ever to consider a move to Linux desktops. . . .
The latest set of USB patches includes an unwelcome entry: the Philips webcam driver has been removed by its author's request. The issue is whether this driver can contain a hook for the insertion of a proprietary, binary-only module; when that hook was removed (due to licensing concerns) the author (Nemosoft Unv) decided to pull the whole thing. He has put up a web page describing his position on the matter. . . .
In this Internet jungle, now, also Linux Netwosix has its own IRC SupportChannel. After Netwosix-Bugzilla, created to improve the reliability of ourOpenSource software, is now available the first official virtual community ofLinux Netwosix. Join us today, we will be pleased to help you. . . .
To effect a regime change, you first need to determine whether an incumbent has committed a violation of trust and if the incumbent has serious vulnerabilities. What does that do to a candidate, even a dictator? It creates the motivation for and a platform on which a change of leadership can occur. It provides the means to put the change into action. You can accomplish this, however, only if a viable alternative exists. You cannot change it if the incumbent shows no weakness in public. If the incumbent controls the media, then few will understand the violations or the vulnerabilities. . . .
Sunbelt Software recently upgraded its Sunbelt Network Security Inspector (SNSI) to version 1.5, adding Linux system support, IP-based scanning, port and Windows service scanning, vulnerability searching and new configuration and scanning wizards. Platform extensions bring its continually updated database to 3,100 vulnerabilities. . . .
I sense that Microsoft has been rather concerned about Linux lately. Why else would their top dog, CEO Steve Ballmer, get so riled up when asked this week (at Microsoft's annual partner conference in Toronto) about Linux? . . .
Users of open source, even if not distributing modified GPL binaries, should routinely audit their servers and clients to determine what open source programs are being used and whether they are being used within the scope of their respective licenses. . . .
Having provided security-relevant fixes for version 8.0 of our home user product, SUSE Linux, for two years, we would like to inform you that SUSE Linux 8.0 will be discontinued for all architectures. Vulnerabilities found after June 30th 2004 will not be fixed any more for SUSE Linux 8.0. . . .
It's not the first time Microsoft has had a political dig at Linux. The partly Microsoft-funded Alexis de Tocqueville institution brought out a report claiming Linux is less secure than Windows and therefore any government agency using it is threatening national security. SCO - which has links to Redmond - made similar noises recently, saying in a letter to Congress that open source "has the potential to apply our nation's enemies or potential enemies with computing capabilities that are restricted by US law". . . .
Linux seller Red Hat and chipmaker Intel have released prototype Linux software to support a security technology designed to curtail the spread of viruses. The security technology, called NX for 'no execute', is built into several x86 processors from AMD, Intel and Transmeta. The technology is designed to block vulnerabilities that viruses and worms use to spread but operating system support is required for NX to work . . .
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s announcement this week that it plans to make Solaris an "open-source" operating system was met with mixed reactions from users and skepticism from open-source advocates. . . .
Securing WLAN connections through regular generation, rotation and synchronization of encryption keys based on policies defined by security administrators. Enforcing security by defining access zones and restricting network access to authorized users. . . .
Remember how we kept on hearing about how much more secure MacOS was than Linux? Here is a pitfall of not having many eyes. . . .
Computer Associates International made a major commitment to open-source software development on Monday, announcing a plan to "open" its Ingres database and outlining partnerships with other open-source projects. . . .
In one of the most highly anticipated Linux Distribution releases in years, Red Hat's Fedora Project launched its Fedora Core 2 (FC2), the company said. "This release marks a great step forward," Red Hat spokesperson Leigh Day told internetnews.com. "It's based on the latest technology, the 2.6 kernel and also includes SELinux, as well many other improvements and new innovations that have been added to this release." . . .
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