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January 25, 2003 EVERYTHING SERIES
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Slashdot
MS SQL Server Worm Wreaking Havoc
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1245206
[0]defile writes "Since about midnight EST almost every host on the
internet has been receiving a 376 byte UDP payload on port ms-sql-m
(1434) from a random infected server. Reports of some hosts receiving
10 per minute or more. [1]internetpulse.net is reporting UUNet and
Internap are being hit very hard. This is the cause of major
connectivity problems being experienced worldwide. It is believed this
worm leverages a [2]vulnerability published in June 2002. Several core
routers have taken to blocking port 1434 outright. If you run Microsoft
SQL Server, make sure the public internet can't access it. If you
manage a gateway, consider dropping UDP packets sent to port 1434."
bani adds "This has effectively [3]disabled 5 of the 13 root
nameservers."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.internetpulse.net/
2. http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/mssql-udp.txt
3. http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=78919038&f=409192893&m=4551982416
How High is Your AP?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2333239
[0]DeAshcroft writes "The [1]New York Times has a [2]piece [give up
your data] on the wiring of Everest. Tsering Gyaltsen, the grandson of
one of Sir Edmund Hillary's orignal summit-conquering Sherpas is
bringing the net to the mountain (presumably bringing the mountain to
the net was even more difficult). He's attracted a great set of
'technologists' to make this happen, and, best of all, it means the
locals get access (including a school of about 250 students), not just
the rich geeks who come to town to climb the thing."
Links
0. http://www.cafeshops.com/usingrights/
1. http://www.nytimes.com/
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/technology/circuits/23sher.html
Cross-Site-TRACE
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2324225
[0]quackking writes "Uh-oh! Looks bad for RFC 2068! Kudos to
[1]WhiteHat out of Santa Clara, CA for this one. ALL current web
servers comply with this RFC, which means they ALL are vulnerable to
this newly named attack - XST - [2]cross-site-trace. When misused,
TRACE, part of the HTTP protocol, allows an unauthorized script to be
passed to a Web server for execution even if the server is secured
against running such scripts. Even devices like web-managed routers are
open to this."
Links
0. http://www.quacken.com
1. http://www.whitehatsec.com/
2. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C3973%2C841144%2C00.asp
Where Are They Now: Q*Bert
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1543216
An anonymous reader writes "Two guys who worked on SNL and the Conan
show cover the drug-addled history of Atari's classic blobish-looking
character, [0]Q*Bert."
Links
0. http://www.slushfactory.com/content/EpuFukEpAFFjrIoYJF.php
IBM Trials TCPA Chip Under Linux
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1757221
keihin writes "From IBM: IBM's Global Security Analysis Lab (GSAL) has
done [0]extensive analysis of the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance
(TCPA) chip available on some IBM systems. We have the chip running
under Linux, and have studied it extensively. In order to clarify a lot
of misunderstanding about the chip, we are making available some
helpful white papers and open source device drivers for Linux, so that
interested people can test and use the chip in an open environment."
Links
0. http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/
Personal Submarine Cruises SF Bay
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1924257
[0]LandSonar writes "Graham Hawkes, the guru of the submarine design
business, tried out his new submersible sea plane yesterday in SF Bay.
Called the '[1]Deep Flight Aviator'. [2]Article and cool pictures. This
craft doesn't use ballast like traditional subs. Flys more like a
plane. 'It looks like something NASA might build or the Blue Angels
might fly.'"
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.deepflight.com/subs/dfa.htm
2.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/24/BA111378.DTL
The Long-Awaited MOO!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1950246
[0]Number13 writes "Quicksilver's [1]Master of Orion 3, [2]declared
vaporware by Wired magazine, has [3]gone gold! Set to hit the streets
on Feb. 25, MOO3 is the the successor to what many consider the best
space strategy game series."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.moo3.com/
2. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57023-2,00.html
3. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030124/242237_1.html
Issues for the Internet Society
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1748232
[0]DenOfEarth writes "The Economist has published a [1]series of
articles detailing some of the issues facing our current society and
the technological leaps and bounds that are leading to the future
internet society. They include: [2]Protection of Privacy, [3]Constant
internet connectivity, [4]Copyright 's Role in the Future,
[5]Technology-based Democratic Process, [6]Government Authority, and
[7]Social and Political Ramifications. There's a good deal of
information to waste one's time with here, but some good discussion is
bound to come out of it."
Links
0. http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/~whelan
1. http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1534303
2. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534283
3. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534295
4. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534271
5. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534259
6. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534249
7. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534217
LinuxWorld Report, Day 2
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1747223
greechneb writes "Roblimo is reporting again on [0]LWCE's second day.
Check out his reports on break dancers, hp, suse, gentoo, linux on
laptops, and most important, free booze." See [1]yesterday's story if
you missed it. Some other LWCE notes: United Linux is [2]sucking in
more partners, and even [3]Microsoft won one of the show awards. And
yes, Robin is going around asking the interview questions. :)
Links
0. http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/01/23/2212240.shtml?tid=23
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/23/198230&tid=163
2. http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=39526
3. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny03/V33/press.cvn?id=11&p_id=12
.org TLD Now Runs on PostgreSQL
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1549207
[0]johnnyb writes "The .org domain, which has long run on Oracle
systems, is now being [1]transferred to a PostgreSQL system. I guess we
can now dispel the "untested in mission-critical applications" myth."
Links
0. http://www.eskimo.com/~johnnyb/
1.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/idg2.nsf/All/2ADD84E6EBCEADE9CA256CB30075FA01!OpenDocument
Freshmeat
Aorta 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110563/
Aorta is a load-balancing clustered P2P application. It executes
Tasklets (which have the ability to split themselves into sub tasks
that can be executed in pararell). A typical cluster contains of a LAN
with 1-256 computers, each one running aorta. A Tasklet can be of any
type ranging from encoding MP3s to rendering Web pages for high
speed/heavily loaded Web sites. You can make functions calls to C/C++,
applications like Matlab, etc.
asqredir 0.3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110568/
asqredir is a small, fast, and simple redirect plugin for the squid
webcache, written in C. It can be used for filtering out advertisements
from Web sites or preventing proxy users from getting certain files by
redirecting them to another URL. The to-be-matched URL patterns are
kept in a file and are read into memory on startup. Because asqredir is
based on URL pattern matching, it can be used for many different kinds
of blocking.
AutoUpdate 4.6.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110547/
AutoUpdate is a Perl script which performs a task similar to Red Hat's
up2date or autorpm. It can be used to automatically download and
upgrade RPMs from different HTTP(S) or (S)FTP sites, while also
handling dependencies. Moreover, it can also be used to keep a server
with a customized (Red Hat) distribution plus all clients up to date.
Bacula 1.29
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110548/
Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup,
recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of
different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture and is
efficient and relatively easy to use, while offering many advanced
storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost
or damaged files.
BHL 1.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110559/
BHL is an Emacs mode which enables you to convert plain TXT files into
HTML, LaTeX, and SGML (Linuxdoc) files. The BHL mode handles common
font-styles, three levels of sections, any kind of lists, tables, URLs
and horizontal rules. BHL handles a table of contents: you can browse
the toc, insert the toc where you want, and update the sections'
numbers with one keystroke.
BotIrcServer 0.0.91
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110572/
BotIrcServer is a simulated IRC server where each channel is a
connection to an Eggdrop bot's partyline (login/logout is done with
join/part IRC commands).
CamPop 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110550/
The CamPop system tries to make the life of usb digicam owner easier.
It is composed of a deamon that watches the /proc/bus/usb/devices file
to detect when the camera is plugged, and a small GUI built upon
gphoto2, which is launched when a camera is found - but you can use
them seperately.
cgdb 0.2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110526/
cgdb is a lightweight, but fully functional curses frontend to gdb. The
goal of cgdb is to be lightweight and responsive, not encumbered with
unnecessary features. The interface retains the familiar GDB text-based
interface with 100% of the original functionality. The interfaces also
provide additional features, such as a source code window, shortcut
keys, visual setting of breakpoints, regex searching capabilities, and
more.
CLIP 0.99.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110557/
CLIP is a Clipper/XBase compatible compiler with initial support for
FoxPro, Flagship, and CAVO syntax. It supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD,
and Win32 (via Cygwin). It features support for international languages
and character sets, including two-bytes character sets like Chinese and
Japanese. It also features OOP, a multiplatform GUI based on
GTK/GTKextra, all SIX/Comix features (including hypertext indexing),
SQL, a C-API for third-party developers, a few wrappers for popular
libraries (such as BZIP, GZIP, GD, Crypto, and Fcgi), multitasking,
mouse events, and more.
dbaliasd 0.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110585/
dbaliasd is a simple proxy daemon for MySQL which rewrites predefined
aliases of database names with their real values. It allows you to
create different names for the same MySQL database. It does not require
any special privileges to run.
dbf 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110535/
dbf is an easy-to-use command line tool to show and convert the content
of dBASE III, IV, and 5.0 files. It reads dBASE databases and prints
the content to the screen or converts it to comma-separated (*.csv)
files which can be opened in Excel, StarOffice, and most other spread
sheets. It can also be used to show some statistics about the content.
Double Choco Latte 0.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110443/
Double Choco Latte is a system for tracking bugs, changes,
enhancements, requests for software. The system is suited for multiple
products and multiple accounts (clients). It is also known to handle
call center activity, although this will evolve into a separate module.
DRT 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110523/
DRT is a design recovery tool for interactive graphical applications
running under the X Window System. The tool automatically captures
actions performed while using such an application. Functions
particularly relevant to each action are highlighted. Moreover, the
action itself is described visually from fragments of the application
display. One can search and browse these actions to learn about the
design of an application.
Easy Firewall Generator 1.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110570/
Easy Firewall Generator is a PHP Web application that generates an
iptables firewall script. The generated script is designed for a single
system connected to the Internet or a system acting as a
gateway/firewall for a small private network. The generator prompts
recursively for a variety of options. When the selected options form a
complete set, it generates and returns a commented firewall script
based on those options. The generator includes documentation on
iptables and each option.
ego file manager 0.7.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110565/
The ego file manager is a GTK+2 file manager that uses libferris for
its VFS and provides evas2 and GTK tree views.
ELinks 0.4.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110543/
ELinks is an enhanced version of Links, a Lynx-like text Web browser
with support for tables, frames, background downloads, etc. It has a
menu-fashioned user interface and is smaller and more lightweight than
Lynx. ELinks adds many valuable features, like HTTP auth, proxy auth,
reasonable cookies support, Lua scripting, etc.
Gorm 0.2.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110578/
Gorm is a clone of the NeXTstep `Interface Builder' application for
GNUstep. Major features include drag-and-drop creation of GUI elements
from palettes, run-time loading of additional palettes, direct
on-screen manipulation of GUI elements, manipulation and examination of
objects via inspectors, drag-and-drop creation of connections between
objects, and saving data in a format loadable by GNUstep applications.
GQview 1.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110531/
GQview is an image viewer for X windows. Features include single click
file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail previews, thumbnail
caching, and adjustable zoom. GQView has the ability to compare files
and list similar or duplicate images based on content. Full screen view
and slideshows allow for basic presentation of images. The program
offers simple image file management with the ability to copy, move,
rename, and delete files. Image collections, similar to a song
playlist, are also supported.
GtkAtlantic 0.2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110584/
GtkAtlantic is a client for playing Monopoly-like board games on monopd
servers.
GUJ Chat 0.9.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110468/
GujChat is a chat server management system which can manage different
chat servers, each one serving different rooms. A single GujChat
installation is capable of serving diverse Webmasters with different
templates, rooms and configurations. GujChat is completely
multi-lingual and can be installed under any Servlet API 2.2 (or newer)
compliant servlet container.
HTTP Navigator 2.0 alpha
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110577/
HTTP Navigator is a PHP class that simplifies content grabbing from Web
sites, while keeping track of previous sites, auth details, and cookies
set along the way (in ways similar to a browser).
Instant Messaging Database Admin (ODBC) 0.01
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110530/
Instant Messaging Database Admin (ODBC) runs on the SDBA Revolution IM
App Server and allows you to view DB metadata and run SQL statements
via IM (AIM) for any database with an ODBC connection. It saves
multiple connections.
Jay's Iptables Firewall 0.9b-1 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110558/
Jay's Iptables Firewall is a script with support for multiple
(external/internal) interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP control, masquerading,
synflood control, spoofing control, port forwarding, upload limits
(experimental), VPNs, ToS, denying hosts, ZorbIPTraffic, Spyware list
IP, log options and more. It doesn't flush all your existing iptables
rules.
JDistro 0.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110538/
JDistro is a project to build a Java distribution. The main subprojects
are an application launcher, a desktop with a document management, and
access to remote applications.
jGal D1 [2003-01-24]
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110560/
jGal is a Perl script that generates static XHTML image galleries,
along with thumbnails and slides, from image files. It's derived from
iGal.
KBabel 1.2beta1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110541/
KBabel is a set of tools for editing and managing PO files created by
gettext. Its main component is a powerful and comfortable PO file
editor which features full navigation capabilities, full editing
functionality, the ability to search for translations in different
dictionaries, spell and syntax checking, showing diffs, and much more.
It also includes a "Catalog Manager", which is a file manager
view that provides an overview of PO files. Last but not least, it
includes a standalone dictionary application which provides the
additional capability of accessing KBabel's powerful dictionaries.
libferris 0.9.93
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110564/
libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all
kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using
C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each
datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various
data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting
EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event
updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount
a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox
(mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation
decoders.
LinuxMagic magic-smtpd 0.6.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110579/
MAGIC-SMTPD is a drop-in replacement for Dan Bernstein's qmail-smtpd,
and was originally designed to be part of the LinuxMagic Magic Mail
Server. This opensource version has been released to allow others to
benefit from its anti-spam components, and valid user checking to
reduce server loads and spam volumes. It is designed to support stock
qmail installations, qmail/vpopmail installations, and database
connectivity. Designed for ISP service, this will work for all mail
servers large and small.
LJKit 0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110534/
LJKit is a framework of Objective-C classes that provide a wrapper to
the LiveJournal client protocol. It is based on Apple's Cocoa framework
(and could possibly be ported to GNUstep).
MilliKeys 0.9.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110537/
MilliKeys implements a virtual keyboard on the silk-screen area of a
PalmOS device. It supports multiple key layouts that are editable on
the handheld itself, previewing on the screen, and macros to start
programs or input keys. A 10x4 QWERTY layout is built in.
MIME Email message class 2003.01.24
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110514/
The MIME Email message class composes and sends email messages. It
features user- definable headers and body parts, MIME encoding of text
and HTML body parts with user-defined character encoding using
quote-printable, support for attachments with automatic content type
detection, support for multipart/alternative and multipart/related
messages (for HTML messages with embedded images), encoding of message
headers with user-defined character encoding using q-encoding,
definition of the error delivery address setting the Return-Path
header, and several sub-classes for sending messages by different
methods: PHP mail() function, sendmail, qmail, SMTP. It also includes
support for sending personalized bulk mail by replacing the message
parts that differ for each recipient.
mod_security 1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110551/
Mod_security is an Apache module whose purpose is to protect vulnerable
applications and reject human or automated attacks. In addition to
filtering requests, it also can create Web application audit logs.
Requests are filtered using regular expressions. Mod_security can
analyse POST payloads, unlike other similar projects.
MyProxy 20030124
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110553/
MyProxy is a privacy-enhancing personal HTTP 1.1 proxy. Arbitrary URLs
can be blocked by regular expression patterns and optionally replaced
by transparent GIFs. Cookies can be controlled based on server/domain
name. The "Referer", "User-Agent", and
"From" HTTP headers can be dealt with in various ways. All
user settings are configured through an HTML user interface.
openMosixApplet 0.0.10-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110561/
The openMosixApplet allows users to see the real-time status of an
openMosix cluster. It consists of a daemon which the applet connects to
in order to grab the necessary info, and uses the Chart2D library.
Perl Oak Component Tree 1.4-2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110385/
The Perl Oak Component Tree is a set of objects designed to provide the
maximum reusability to software development. Oak can be used in any
development platform, but just the Web platform is implemented. In Oak,
you define an XML file to each page and you will implement just the
events.
PostgreSQL Hierarchical Queries 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110546/
This is a patch to PostgreSQL which allows it to perform hierarchical
queries in Oracle's style.
SANTK 4.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110583/
SANTK (Storage Area Network Configuration Toolkit) is a toolkit written
in Java 1.3 to better facilitate SAN design and development. The major
areas of difficulty in SAN design lie in the architecture of the SANs
themselves. Scalability, network complexity, and netlist management
become cumbersome as the number of nodes in the network increases. In
order to address these problems, it is necessary to be able to
dynamically design and record the topology of a network. The purpose of
the SANTK is to assist in resolving these issues.
slaf 0.15
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110539/
Slaf is a new "LookAndFeel" for Java/Swing, which aims to be
faster, consume less memory, be easily configurable, and be completely
parameterized. It can be used by the end user and/or integrated by the
developer. It provides many themes, including Gnome, KDE, Pilot, Aqua,
BeOS, Redmond, Aluminium, and Alien.
SmoothWall 2.0 beta 4 (Beta)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110544/
SmoothWall is a popular Internet Security software package (based on
Linux) offering automated modem/advanced ISDN autoprobing, ethernet
ADSL/cable, USB ADSL (Alcatel Speed Touch Home only), and multiple
ethernet card support within 5 minutes of install. Web managed and with
full facilities normally only seen in expensive commercial offerings,
it also offers full SSH, DHCP, and full firewall logging and auditing
functionality. Available in English, French, German, and Dutch
languages at this time.
STADRIN 1.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110536/
STADRIN adds strong authentication to system services that support PAM.
It allows Linux applications to use strong one -time passwords (OTP)
instead of weak static passwords. One-time passwords are generated by
the VASCO authentication calculator and are protected by a user defined
PIN.
Sylpheed 0.8.9claws (Claws)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110554/
Sylpheed is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client. Almost
all commands are accessible with the keyboard. It also has many
features such as multiple accounts, POP3/APOP support, thread display,
and multipart MIME. One of Sylpheed's future goals is to be fully
internationalized. The messages are managed in the MH format, so you'll
be able to use it together with another mailer that uses the MH format.
Umbrello UML Modeller 1.1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110555/
Umbrello UML Modeller is a Unified Modelling Language diagram tool for
KDE. It is able to produce Class diagrams, Sequence diagrams,
Collaboration diagrams, Use Case diagrams, Activity diagrams, and State
diagrams. It uses an XMI-based file format.
unixODBC 2.2.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110549/
The unixODBC project provides UNIX applications with the same ODBC 3.51
API and facilities available under Windows. It provides a Driver
Manager that supports the full ODBC API and performs the ODBC 3 to ODBC
2 translations with UNICODE to ANSI conversion. It also includes a set
of graphical utilities that allow users to specify connections to
DBMSes to be used by applications, a collection of ODBC drivers
including a simple text based driver, an NNTP driver, a Postgres driver
and others, and a selection of templates and libraries that to aid in
the construction of ODBC drivers. It works with MySQL, Postgres,
StarOffice, Applixware, iHTML, PHP, Perl DBD::ODBC, Paradox 9, and many
other applications and drivers. Connection pooling is also provided to
increase performance with applications such as PHP.
Vega Strike 0.3.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110552/
Vega Strike is a Linux action space simulator designed to bring 3d
space combat to a whole new level of graphics, gameplay, and
customizability.
WebGUI 5.0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110529/
WebGUI is a content management framework built to allow average
business users to build and maintain complex Web sites. It is modular,
pluggable, and platform independent. It was designed to allow the
people who create the content to manage it online, rather than content
management taking up the time of busy IT Staff. Whether you are
building a consumer site, an intranet, or an extranet, WebGUI has
something to offer.
X Net Strength 0.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110582/
X Net Strength is a small utility for monitoring the wireless signal
strength of 802.11b cards under Linux. It is written in C and only
requires xlib.
XM 0.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110567/
XM (XSLT Make) is a simple and affordable Web- publishing
content-management solution that takes advantage of XML and XSL. It is
developped as part IBM developerWorks' column "Working XML."
Yerase TNEF Stream Reader 1.07
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110556/
ytnef is a program to decode TNEF streams. Unlike other similar
programs, it can also decode meeting requests and create VCal entries
for easy import. It also has a Perl script that can be used in procmail
recipes to automatically reformat incoming mail appropriately.
ZynAddSubFX 1.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/110542/
ZynAddSubFX is a powerful real-time, multi- timbral software
synthesizer for Linux. It has microtonal capabilities, and the
instruments it creates sound like those from professional keyboards. It
includes effects like reverb, echo, chorus, and phaser.
Newsforge Reports
Linux is a natural for India
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1423219
- By Prakash Advani - Today India is a hot topic for discussion as far
as Linux is concerned. Many users around the world want to understand
the mindset of Indians regarding Linux. This article attempts to give
some insight to the market dynamics here, and how they make Linux a
natural fit for India.
Linux Advisory Watch - January 24th 2003
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1030256
- by Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive
newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been
announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages
and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were
released for cups, canna, cvs, dhcp, libpng, kde, fnord, vim,
printer-drivers, python, and susehelp. The distributors include
Caldera, Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red ...
LinuxWorld Day 2: Dancing with the dot-orgs, laptops on parade, Knoppix for kids
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/23/2212240
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The hottest thing I've seen at this show
so far is a guy with six piercings jumping up and down on a Dance Dance
Revolution device hooked to a Linux computer in the icculus.org booth
in the dot-org pavilion in the back of the show hall. The dot-org
pavilion was packed. And so was the whole show today, it seemed.
Updated 10:55 p.m. - HP and SuSE show off Linux on laptops (and give me
free booze); Knoppix for kids; ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Tech Giants Team to Oppose Copy Control Laws
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2118255
Newly-formed Alliance for Digital Progress says private companies can
best determine how to protect copyrighted content.
Lindows vs. Windows: The Battle Continues
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2117233
Trial set for April in trademark infringement case, as judge refuses a
request for summary judgment.
Oracle And Linux Users Party As Far Away From Each Other As They Can Get
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2117213
Linux lovers met for LinuxWorld Expo in the Javits Center in New York
where they witnessed software introductions by major vendors and spent
more time standing in the street trying to get a cab than actually on
the show floor. IBM introduced new Linux tools for devices ranging from
the handheld to the mainframe, including a preconfigured, pre-tested
mainframe running Linux. On the other side of the country, Oracle
applications users met in San ...
Remote Gkrellm Over SSH
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2115259
GonzoJohn writes "Contributing editor Dan McCombs gives us the lowdown
on running the Gkrellm system monitor remotely over SSH."
Lindows.com denied ruling; goes to jury
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2115210
Anonymous Reader writes "Lindows.com, Inc. announced today that the
United States District Court in Seattle has denied their Motion for
Summary Judgment on Genericness, challenging the validity of
Microsoft's trademark leaving the issue to be decided by jury trial
scheduled to start on April 7, 2003."
Lost Marble Releases Moho Beta for Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1452244
Anonymous Reader writes "A pro quality multimedia application makes it
to Linux, but only after a number of Linux users actively asked for it
(small companies seem to 'listen'). Moho is an application which
creates professional-grade 2D vector-based cartoon animations and can
export them to a number of formats (including video or Flash). Lost
Marble's app started its life on BeOS, but now is multi-platform.
OSNews has more info and a screenshot ...
Houston, we have screw off! (Houston dumps Office)
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1452202
GatesPrettyF****d writes "Although not directly Linux related, it's
good news nevertheless. The city of Houston has decided to dump MS
Office for a web based Office solution. At first it will only be
available to its 13,000 workers, but eventually to as many as 3 million
residents! Now if only a few more U.S. governmental units would do
likewise . . ."
LINUXWORLD - IBM's Mills sees Linux in 'new era'
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1451216
Even now, Steve Mills fields incredulous questions about how his
company and other vendors make money working with freely available
open-source technologies like Linux, the IBM software head said
Thursday.
LINUXWORLD - Unilever committing to Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1450254
After years of running a complex tangle of Unix operating systems in
its global IT server operations, consumer products company The Unilever
Group is committing its technological future to Linux.
ISPs: Ruling Bad for Subscribers
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1450226
In response to a court decision this week forcing Verizon to hand over
information on a subscriber suspected of downloading files illegally to
a music industry trade group, ISPs say customers could lose privacy
protections and due process rights.
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Sourceforge
New release 0.5.5 of tn5250j is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244952
tn5250J is an AS400 Telnet 5250 written in java. This will provide some
of the more advance functions of the 5250 datastream such as edit
masks, graphical windows, continued editing fields, etc. This release
includes numerous feature enhancements, including improved file
transfer capability, Jython scripting support, and the ability to
export spool files to PDF or text file. Changes - wow where to start.
There have been a lot since the last release. I will try to put a
release out sooner from now on as there are so many changes it is
impossible to keep up. This release features the following new
functionality/fixes: 1. Scripting support via jython. See web page for
details There is a script running indicator as well. You can define a
script to run on connection This uses the jython project from
http://www.jython.org 2. Reworked file transfer from host screen with
the following: - Main screen has been reworked to make it less
confusing - New filters have been added - Delimited and Fixed Width -
Interaction with the Java Toolbox for AS400. See website for more
details under file transfers. - A new sql query wizard has been
implemented so you can graphically select and form your sql point and
click with mouse. - E-mail your transferred file directly from the
transfer screen 3. New SpoolFile export function to PDF or Text. You
can also e-mail the exported file directly from the screen. This uses
the itext project from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/itext When
you download the itext-0xxx.jar make sure you rename it to itext.jar or
it will not work 4. SSL socket support for users of JDK 1.4 and
greater. 5. New applet support. Take the test drive with the live
applet test from the website 6. Keyboard buffering fixes 7. New
interaction of the popup menu with short cut keys automatically defined
from you remapping. 8. Able to map keys to macros and scripts. See
website for more information on macros and scripting in jython. 9.
Printing fixes. 10. Better performance Lots and Lots of bug fixes.
Thanks to all for helping with the testing of this release Enjoy
Kenneth
Open For Business 2.0.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=245533
The Open For Business Project released version 2.0.0 of its business
automation tools, components, and applications on Monday the 20th of
January 2003. This is the first stable release of the project and
offers a new option for organizations of all types that have asked the
question of Build vs. Buy. More information about Open For Business can
be found on the web site at http://www.ofbiz.org Organizations using
OFBiz can shorten enterprise information project cycles by months
through a well designed architecture and corresponding framework and
through pre-built components and applications. The goal of the Open For
Business project is to provide useful, standards compliant tools and
applications. These standards will include: XML; J2EE; WfMC; BPML;
ebXML; UNSPSC; GAAP & FASB; OMG's GL, Party, Workflow, etc;
ArapXML; OAGIS; and many others. The OFBiz Core Framework consists of
the following tools: Entity Engine, Service Engine, Workflow Engine,
Rule Engine, XML Mini-Languages, and a web application framework.
Applications and application components (including entities and
services) in the project cover the following business areas:
e-commerce, products, orders, parties, facilities, work efforts,
content, marketing, accounting, human resources, and so forth. The most
mature and deployed application in the suite is the e-commerce
application with functionality that measures up to the largest
available commercial alternatives and many live sites, including the
award-winning ReturnBuy.com site (see
http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=8137 ) Other OFBiz
applications and components are stable and being used by various
organizations and in various commercial products. More details are
available on the website. OFBiz has received great attention in the
open source and IT communities. The project has been featured on
SourceForge and release notices have appeared on FreshMeat.net,
TheServerSide.com, and JavaLobby.org. The SourceForge project site
shows around 100,000 downloads and 700,000 page views. Dozens of users
of the project have contributed feedback, new ideas and even code and
designs. Special thanks to the many users who have contributed to the
project. Without user contributions the project could not be what it is
today. QUESTION: What is the scope of the OFBiz applications, and how
will vertical markets be targeted? ANSWER: We realize that we cannot
target all functionality that will be needed by all organizations, or
even all markets or industries. Our goal for the applications and
application components is to include as much generic functionality as
possible. This will allow many medium and large size organizations to
get something useful running quickly and make it possible to
concentrate resources on organization specific customizations. Software
companies will be able to affordably create products for narrowly
targeted markets or industries and spend time and effort on the needs
of that market or industry instead of all of the generic functionality
and framework components that can be generalized among all users of the
software. QUESTION: If there are no licensing fees or corporate backing
for OFBiz, how is the development and support of the project financed?
ANSWER: The project is financed by providing for the needs of users of
the project. This is done by offering services such as analysis,
design, implementation, customization, training, mentoring, support and
even prioritization of planned features. Much of the functionality in
the project has been paid for by commercial adopters of the project and
the rest has been contributed by generous developers from their own
personal time. For more information on services offered, see the
OFBiz.org Services Page at http://www.ofbiz.org/services.html QUESTION:
This seems like a pretty big project, how much of it is actually done,
or rather how far along are the various components and applications?
ANSWER: At this point all of the framework components are very stable,
and many of the applications are too. This is why we have chosen to do
the 2.0.0 final release. From here on out releases will be done more
incrementally as the current framework and applications are improved.
The e-commerce and related applications such as the Party, Order, and
Catalog managers are the most stable and mature. Following close behind
is the Facility Manager which handles all aspects of warehouse and
inventory management. The Work Effort Manager has many useful pieces in
place, but there is still a lot of work to do there. Other applications
such as Accounting and Content Management have only recently been
started. The Data Model is very complete and mature. It has been
reviewed and improved dozens of times and by many different people. It
is cleaner in the areas where corresponding applications and components
are implemented, but we have put a great deal of effort into making
sure that there was a master plan for the data model that would not
have to change much as applications are added or improved.
Vorbis Encoder Plugin for LameFE released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246410
A new OGG/Vorbis Encoder plugin for use with LameFE 2.2 RC 1 has been
released. This plugin features Ogg/Vorbis 1.0 support, Quality based
encoding, ABR / VBR / CBR encoding, and support for standard Ogg Tags.
You can download both LameFE and the plugin at
http://lamefe.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpage=download Thees Winkler
- Project Administrator
DWSII 1.2 Beta Release
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246417
DelphiWebScript is a scripting language for use in Borland Delphi(tm)
projects. The programming language is similar to Delphi. It's HTML
features are optimal for web applications and report modules. A beta
release of DWSII is available. Most important new feature: Garbage
collector for DWSII objects. See forum messages for more information.
Streamsicle 1.2Beta+
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246437
The Streamsicle is a stand-alone webserver and streaming MP3 server.
You can request songs, view what the server has to play, etc. New
installer version released with later JVM support, should allow much
larger MP3 collections to be loaded.
pmd-1.02 is released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246108
PMD is a Java source code analyzer. It finds unused variables, empty
catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and so forth. This release
includes a number of new rules and bugfixes. ...with a slew of new
rules (ImportFromSamePackageRule, SwitchDensityRule,
NullAssignmentRule, UnusedModifierRule, ForLoopShouldBeWhileLoopRule)
and plenty o' bug fixes and new features. See the changelog -
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=135420 - for
all the details. Thanks to the many folks who contributed, most of whom
are listed here: http://pmd.sourceforge.net/credits.html Thanks, Tom
RCSoccerSim 9.2.2 is available
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=245751
The RoboCup Soccer Simulator is a research and educational tool for
multi-agent systems and artificial intelligence. It enables for two
teams of 11 simulated autonomous robotic players to play soccer
(football). RoboCup Soccer Simulator is licensed under a combination of
the GNU GPL and GNU LGPL. The latest stable release adds goal posts
with "real" collision detection and modelling as well the remaining
official changes requested for the new RoboCup World Cup. But that's
not all, to make your life easier (and mine more difficult), the
various rcsoccersim modules are now available as RPMs for i386. If
anyone else is willing to provide RPMs for other architectures, let us
(sserver-admin at users.sf.net) know and we'll tell you how.
tinyproxy 1.5.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246109
After a month of being in the "Release Candidate" state, tinyproxy
1.5.2 has been released. There have been a bunch of usability
improvements since 1.5.1. Anyone using 1.5.1 or previous is recommended
to upgrade. tinyproxy is a GPLed, lightweight HTTP proxy. Designed from
the ground up to be fast and yet small, it is an ideal solution for
sites where a full featured HTTP proxy is required, but the system
resources for a larger proxy are unavailable.
JGraphpad 1.2.2 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246127
This release offers many new switches in the properties file, minor bug
fixes and the following new features: pluggable layout algorithms with
Sugiyama and Spring-embedder default implementations, scaled image
cells, edge routing menu, plugin-architecture for adding new commands,
and file extensions for open/save dialogs. JGraphpad is the first free
diagram editor for Java that offers XML and drag-and-drop capabilities.
Seahorse 0.6.0 released
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=246142
Seahorse branches have been consolodated (this is the end of having a
separate seahorse2 branch). Many code cleanups and packages updates
have occured since seahorse2-0.4.4. This also marks the beginning of
stable and development releases based on minor versions. 0.7.0 should
be released in a week or 2.
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