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Latest Secunia Security Advisories (Free subscription) | yesterday
OpenBSD has acknowledged a vulnerability in BIND, which can be exploited by malicious people to poison the DNS cache. Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches...
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Free Software Base (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
XnView, a software to view and convert graphic files, really simple to use. Support of more than 400 graphics formats. XnView exists for Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, NetBSD x86, Solaris sparc, Solaris x86, Irix mips, HP-UX, AIX. The most important features are: Import about 400 graphic file formats [...]
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The Navel of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Linux inventor Linus Torvalds has a new skit for you: “I think the OpenBSD crowd is a bunch of masturbating monkeys, in that they make such a big deal about concentrating on security to the point where they pretty much admit that nothing else matters to them. To me, security is important. But it’s no less [...]
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Cnet (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Linux creator calls OpenBSD crowd a "bunch of masturbating monkeys" and criticizes those who publicize security flaws to gain notoriety.
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ZD Net (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...
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Boycott Novell (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Arch Linux is a distro designed for users who like to be in control of what apps are installed on their systems. Unlike other distros with similar objectives, Arch doesn’t sacrifice ease of use completely. It uses BSD-style init scripts, which eases configuration tasks, and a dependency-resolving package manager that helps keep the system updated. All in all, Arch is a nice distro for users who wish...
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CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
An OpenBSD developer has discovered and fixed a bug in the software that has been traced back to an AT&T version of Unix from 1975.
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Linux Journal (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Programmers and security researchers find software bugs all the time; some are serious, some are routine, but very few are record-breakers. A bug discovered by an OpenBSD developer exploring complier failures may have set a new record, though, for the oldest undiscovered Unix glitch . read more
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Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
developer has discovered and fixed a bug in the software that has been traced back to an OpenBSD is a variant of the Berkeley Software ...
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Linux and Open Source Blog (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Commentary: Linux in the first half or 2008 Debian GNU/Linux - the new “Number One” distribution News: Gentoo Linux 2008.0, Ubuntu in Assemblée nationale, Xandros acquires Linspire, alpha PC-BSD 7 with KDE 4.1, OpenBSD 4.4 beta tagged, Ikki Boot live CD Released last week: Gentoo Linux 2008.0, Sabayon Linux 3.5 Upcoming releases: openSUSE 11.1 roadmap Donations: [...]...
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DistroWatch.com: News (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Commentary: Linux in the first half or 2008 Debian GNU/Linux - the new "Number One" distribution News: Gentoo Linux 2008.0, Ubuntu in Assemblée nationale, Xandros acquires Linspire, alpha PC-BSD 7 with KDE 4.1, OpenBSD 4.4 beta tagged, Ikki Boot live CD Released last....
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TaoSecurity (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Amazon.com just published my four star review of BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD by Christopher Negus and Francois Caen . From the review : BSD Unix Toolbox (BUT) is a straightforward system administration book that could apply to many Unix-like operating systems. The title mentions "BSD" but the BSD-specific material is FreeBSD-oriented. The non-FreeBSD sections (such...
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http://8download.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
XnView is a utility for viewing and converting graphic files. Support of more than 400 graphics formats. XnView exists for Windows, MacOS X, Linux x86, Linux ppc, FreeBSD x86, OpenBSD x86, NetBSD x86, Solaris sparc, Solaris x86, Irix mips, HP-UX, AIX. The most important features are: Import about 400 graphic file formats and Export about 50 graphic file formats. Features : - Import about 400 graphic...
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Port 25 (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Abstract: Secure remote access to UNIX and Linux systems is generally accomplished through SSH. The most frequent implementation of that protocol is OpenSSH, originally written for the OpenBSD project but now ported to a wide variety of platforms. This paper will show how to use OpenSSH with the Kerberos portion of Active Directory to automate authentication. Download OpenSSH on Linux using Windows/Kerberos...
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Filed under: Humor , UNIX / BSD Today in 1983, "Beat It" by Michael Jackson may have topped the charts, but a slight bug in the *dir() library was found only a few days ago by OpenBSD developer Mark Balmer (no rela -- oh, wait). OS News has the entire amusing tale of the bug in BSD (the UNIX foundation of Mac OS X) that's been alive and kicking for nearly 25 years. Balmer contacted Marshall Kirk McKusick,...
