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- From: Richard Zimmerman <csxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Free Geek Michiana <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:27:02 -0500
I normally wouldn't forward this to a list server but those of us who are
working with Debian ( and linux in general) have expressed some serious
concerns lately over the Debian server hack incident.
In the 6th atricle down from the top, there is an atricle about Debian
and how the hack happened. In all reality we can relax to some extent.
Goose
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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:00 -0500
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December 05, 2003
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Early results from embedded Linux dev survey -- more inputs needed
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1824226
The ongoing MIT/Munich Survey we reported on two weeks ago -- about
the development of embedded Linux -- is off to a good start, but needs
more respondents to achieve the best data quality. Meanwhile, survey
author and administrator Joachim Henkel has sent us some interesting --
and in some cases, surprising, he says -- result tidbits.
Half of IT suppliers will soon be dead, says Gartner
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1748209
Half of all technology suppliers will be dead by the end of 2005,
according to the latest doom-saying report from Gartner.
NHS to begin Sun desktop Linux trials
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1743249
The NHS is to begin trials of a desktop Linux software suite in a move
it says could free up money for the frontline health service and save
taxpayer millions of pounds. The health service will evaluate Sun
Microsystems' Java Desktop System package, which includes the SUSE
Linux operating system, a browser, StarOffice and Ximian email. NHS
director general of IT Richard Granger, said in a statement: "Our
evaluation of the Java Desktop System holds the promise of allowing a
greater share of NHS funding to flow directly towards improved levels
of Patient Service. If this solution were to prove effective we could
save the NHS and the Taxpayer many millions of pounds whilst at the
same time using rich and innovative software technology."
SCO, IBM Dispute Headed for Hearing
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1741205
A federal court judge is expected to hear arguments Friday in SCO
Group's (Quote, Chart) contract dispute over whether IBM (Quote, Chart)
allegedly breached a contract with the company by contributing
unauthorized portions of Unix-based (define) AIX code to the open
source movement. SCO claims that, as a result, Linux is an unauthorized
derivative of its UNIX intellectual property. On Friday in SCO's home
state of Utah, U.S. District Court Judge Brooke Wells is expected to
hear from lawyers representing SCO and IBM, each with motions to compel
the other side to provide more information for discovery. The hearing
could help move along the eight-month-old dispute that has roiled the
open source movement over which copyrights were allegedly violated and
distributed for free in the Linux kernel.
More SCO fud, this time insulting the constitution
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1649217
I apologize for the silence, but we've been in Japan this week
announcing iCommons in Japan. (More on that soon). But after reading
this extraordinary document by Darl McBride of SCO infamy, I could
resist canceling this morning meetings to respond. From the start of
this pathetic lawsuit, Eben Moglen of the Free Software Foundation has
argued that there was nothing behind the SCO claims. His arguments are
persuasive. But if you want a clue of just how clueless this case is,
consider the constitutional arguments made by SCO. McBride's argument
is grounded in the Constitution. (Well, close to the constitution. He
quotes the text of the constitution to be: Congress shall have Power
[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, open-source
advocates argue against copyright and patent laws, and whatever
measures they take to by securing for limited Times to Authors and
Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and
Discoveries. Actually, the framers didn't say anything about "open
source advocates.")
Debian's Response
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1635231
Things got pretty exciting in the Linux world recently, when the
Debian Linux distribution announced that a cracker had broken in to
four debian.org machines, escalated privileges to root, and installed
rootkits on several of the servers. The method? The cracker used
keylogging software to sniff the password of a user authorized to log
in to one of the servers on Wednesday, 19 November 2003, then logged in
and took advantage of a vulnerability in the Linux kernel to escalate
to root. After that, it was a short time before the other machines were
compromised as well. Further details about the exploit are available in
a number of places, including Linux Today and wiggy.net. Let's cut to
the question many readers probably have: if you use Linux, should you
be worried? Well, yes and no. The vulnerability used in the privilege
escalation affects all versions of the Linux kernel prior to 2.4.23 (or
2.5.69 if you're running that series of the kernel, or 2.6.0-test6 if
you're using the absolute latest and greatest). And that's from all
vendors, including Debian, Red Hat, Mandrake, Slackware, and SUSE.
However, in order to exploit the vulnerability, the cracker first must
have a local account on the machine, with shell access. In other words,
the bad guys can't just force their way into any old Linux box, unless
they first can login as a user onto that box.
Why is SCO suing BSD?
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1629253
Anonymous Reader writes "Lawsuits against BSD don't seem very logical,
even for SCO. But in a recent press release SCO has announced they
would be going after BSD and challenging a 9 year old settlement. Chris
Coleman explains what he thinks they are really up to."
Parecel Cyclone Cluster Giveaway
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1557212
Ken Farmer writes "Paracel, Inc., in association with LinuxHPC.org, is
giving away an AMD Opteron(TM) cluster. The cluster will include two
AMD Opteron(TM) based nodes, each with 2 GB memory and 60 GB hard
drive, and SuSE Enterprise Edition 8 operating system. This cluster
will be granted to an educational, government or commercial
organization or research project in the United States."
Sharp's Zaurus: Linux Enters Handheld Platform Wars
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1528252
For those who thought Linux had no chance in mobile devices, Sharp
clearly begs to differ. With its latest Zaurus handheld, the SL-C860,
Sharp could have a product with legs. Sharp, along with Casio, owned
the PDA space a few years back, but it virtually vanished as a player
once Palm and Microsoft entered. Then a little over a year ago, Sharp
made a comeback with its Zaurus SL-C760, which ran an embedded version
of Linux and had a number of interesting applications. The handheld
wasn't particularly reliable, and synchronization was ugly, but the
hardware design (with a sharp screen--pun intended--and keyboard
implementation that would have made Research in Motion Ltd. jealous)
created a very mixed-value proposition.
Limited choice for Linux virus protection
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/151217
Boxall's CC, the South African distributor of Norway's Norman data
security products, says Norman Virus Control (NVC) is the only locally
supported anti-virus solution specifically for Linux.The company has
just launched a strong marketing drive to target the local
market.Consultant Peter Boxall says Norman has developed a new
command-line scanner for Linux that is compatible with all major
distributions. NVC for Linux is a powerful tool for a Linux
administrator, enabling full control deployment of scans within the
native Linux management.
To view the rest of the top stories:
http://www.newsforge.com
Today's Column
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Linux Advisory Watch - December 5th 2003
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/1337255
This week, there are several serious vulnerabilities that need to be
addressed. Advisories were released for bind, rsync, the Linux kernel,
xboard, and gnupg. The distributions include Caldera, Conectiva,
Debian, Guardian Digital's EnGarde Secure Linux, Fedora, FreeBSD,
Gentoo, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware, SuSE, Trustix, Turbolinux, and
Yellow Dog Linux.
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