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Today Linux is used in numerous domains, from embedded systems to supercomputers, and has secured a place in server installations with the popular LAMP application stack. Torvalds continues to direct the development of the kernel. Stallman heads the Free Software Foundation, which in turn develops the GNU components. Finally, individuals and corporations develop third-party non-GNU components. |
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Welcome to the "Security Alerts" column (formerly "Insecurities in a Nutshell") -- an overview of new Unix and open source security-related advisories and news. Problems this week include a remote root exploit of OpenBSD and NetBSD, more temporary file problems in Solaris's patchadd and ksh, local root vulnerabilities in Stunnel, syslogd, and klogd, and new tools for man in the middle attacks. |
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The venture capital community and tech press is abuzz about recent layoffs at Linuxcare, the Kleiner-Perkins backed Linux support company.
Boosters of open source argue that Linuxcare's stumble is simply a result of management missteps, trying to grow too fast, and the overall cooling of the market to speculative high tech offerings and to Linux in particular. Observers critical of open source might argue that this event shows the weak commercial underpinnings of Linux, and the difficulty of making money when the software is free. |
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Welcome to Security Alerts, an overview of recent Unix and open source security advisories. In this column, we look at problems in PHP, Adobe Reader, Kismet, LibTIFF, Evolution, Mutt, bluez-utils, Ignite-UX, CPAINT, Awstats, Clam AntiVirus, and Gaim.
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* PHP and shtool
* Adobe Reader
* Kismet
* LibTIFF
* Evolution
* Mutt
* bluez-utils
* Ignite-UX
* CPAINT
* Awstats
* Clam AntiVirus
* Gaim
PHP and shtool
Some distributions are reported to ship a vulnerable version of shtool with their PHP development packages. The vulnerability in shtool is caused by a symbolic-link race condition that may be exploitable by a local attacker to view the contents of temporary files, or to overwrite arbitrary files with the permissions of the victim using shtool.
Users should watch their distribution vendors for updated packages and should consider disabling any versions of shtool that are not known to have been updated |
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Welcome to Security Alerts, an overview of recent Unix and open source security advisories. In this column, we look at problems in CVS, PostgreSQL, Squid, Gaim, Debian's lsh, Xine-lib, Caroline, Convert-UUlib, Rootkit Hunter, snmppd, Kommander, kimgio, RealPlayer, Helix Player, xli, and Debian's samba. |
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Within the reaches of open source advocacy are a wide range of different sectors and industries. Inside each of these, small sub-communities of people have appeared with the intention of educating and equipping their sector of choice. And while many are spreading the word in more humanistic and ethically satisfying areas such as charities and education, they have left the so-called "enterprise" sector largely in the hands of big-business vendors. Click here to find out more! The word enterprise is actually quite misleading. It doesn't really mean anything. In reality, enterprise tags a piece of software with marketing that managers feel comfortable with. Often targeted at high-end large enterprise organizations, the word enterprise also has the side benefit of making their little cousin the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) feel bigger, and more like an "enterprise." The wacky reality is that if you put the word enterprise in the product description, it will sell better. |
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I had a dream
An alien is loose in the city. I am hot on his trail, but he eludes me. Unable to catch him I head home. Then the hunter becomes the hunted. The alien is after me! I scramble through the streets in a panic. Out of breath, I turn and confront the alien at the door to my home. He seems pleasant enough, so I invite him in for tea and cookies.
He is very interested in my computer. I pop the lid off for him and from out of nowhere he produces a mass of silicone and wires. He hooks it into my computer and powers it on. I sit in wonder as my computer can now run multiple operating systems! UNIX, Windows, OS/2, even Macintosh are all running side by side and communicating with each other! The alien grins at me, then leaves while I sit and play with this new toy. I don't even have the chance to thank him!
For years I thought it was just a dream until a coworker told me about VMware. I jumped on their web site quick to download the alien's technology. |
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Ever since the seedling that was free software and open source began to propagate through the early tunnels of the internet, extensive sociopolitical analysis has been aimed at defining the open source community. One theory is that the community is essentially a meritocracy, a group founded upon the ideals of ability and effort. Meritocracies are, after all, nothing new; the military is a prime example. In a world where invisible governments so often drive communities, the concept of replacing the nobility of blood with that of virtue attracts idealists and ethical protagonists alike. Although few would deny the admirable ideals behind open source, this idealism can hinder open source progress in the nonidealistic, cut-and-dried business world.
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Within any community, zeal plays a critical part in defining how that community can move forward. Eric Raymond, author of The Cathedral & the Bazaar, provides a particularly nice definition of zealotry:
A person of great zeal might say "Free software is my life! I exist to create useful, beautiful programs and information resources, and then give them away." A person of moderate zeal might say "Open source is a good thing, which I am willing to spend significant time helping happen." A person of little zeal might say "Yes, open source is okay sometimes. I play with it and respect people who build it."
From an outside perspective, you may assume that you really need to attract heavily zealous people; surely they offer the firmest commitment to the cause. |
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