Nvidia: Bug Warning for Linux Driver 180.29
Apr 24, 2009Nvidia's proprietary graphic driver 180.29 can, under certain conditions, turn your Fujitsu Celsius H270 notebook into a brick.
more »Sciret 2.0.0: Knowledge Management
Apr 16, 2009The developers of Sciret have completely re-worked their free Knowledge Management system.
more »Local Root Exploit in Udev
Apr 16, 2009The udev subsystem allows the Linux kernel, together with a userland program, to manage device nodes dynamically, adding and removing them at will. It has now been revealed that the communication channel between the kernel and program fails to authenticate, so that users can assume root privileges.
more »EBox Server in 1.0
Apr 15, 2009The eBox project integrates web server, proxy, DNS, LDAP, Postfix, OpenSSL, load balancing and more in their server, which should provide small and medium size businesses comprehensive network infrastructures, and is now available in version 1.0.
more »Untangle 6.1: Open Source Gateway with Cost-Based Extensions
Apr 15, 2009San Mateo CA company Untangle has released version 6.1 of its Untangle Gateway Linux distro. Its base package is open source, but its extension applications are commercially priced.
more »Debian Updates Lenny
Apr 14, 2009An update for the new, stabler version of Debian 5.0 has appeared over Easter.
more »Heightened Security: OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 1
Apr 02, 2009OpenSSL is approaching version 1.0: the first beta provides a few enhancements and the project is calling for tests.
more »Honeynet
Mar 31, 2009Security-conscious admins can use a honeynet to monitor, log, and analyze intrusion techniques.
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