Samstag, 14. Juni 2003

Should I restart? Irak is still a major mess! Lies, lies, lies! 4:31:01 PM    comment []

Samstag, 17. Mai 2003

Matrix Sequel Has Hacker Cred. Trinity uses a 'sploit [The Register] The real origin of the story is here http://www.securityfocus.com/news/4831 11:06:55 PM    comment []

SuSE: SCO's Linux Claims are 'Curious' [OSNews] 11:00:23 PM    comment []

SCO Warning Fuels Growing Linux Controversy. By sending a letter to some 1,500 corporations warning them of potential legal liabilities arising from Linux use, SCO Group has cast a cloud on the future of Linux itself, industry observers say. Yet SCO contends that its actions are necessary to protect its intellectual-property rights. [osOpinion] 10:58:15 PM    comment []

Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2003

Linux Desktop Myths Exploded. Hype about Linux on the desktop is increasing, according to Gartner's recent study, "Myths of Linux on the Desktop." The goal of the research was to enable enterprises to be objective in understanding the benefits of the Linux OS on the desktop, separating open-source fact from fiction. [osOpinion] 10:08:50 PM    comment []

Mozilla 1.3.1 Available [Mozilla Dot Org] Fixed Mac issues that basically prevented almost anyone from upgrading to 1.3. 10:05:20 PM    comment []

Sonntag, 4. Mai 2003

Exec Shield Overflow Protection [OSNews] 5:46:27 PM    comment []

IBM denies SCO's charges in intellectual property fight. In response to a $1 billion lawsuit from The SCO Group alleging that it infringed on trade secrets related to Unix, IBM categorically denied any wrongdoing. [Computerworld News] 5:44:04 PM    comment []

Dienstag, 18. März 2003

MySQL 4 Declared Production-Ready. Simprini writes "After absolute ages of testing MySQL 4.0.x in various versions of BETA through GAMMA it looks like MySQL AB finally released MySQL 4.0.12 as ... [Slashdot] 10:23:53 PM    comment []

Local Root Hole in Linux Kernels. xepsilon writes "A local Linux security hole using ptrace has been discovered that allows a potential attacker to gain root privileges. Linux 2.2.25 has been ... [Slashdot] 10:23:31 PM    comment []

Montag, 17. März 2003

X11 for Mac OS X Public Beta 3. X Window System that makes it possible to run X11-based applications in Mac OS X. [Mac OS X Hot Downloads] What's New in this Version Pseudocolor (8-bit) visual plane support Option to quit X11 without presenting warning dialog Command-Q keyboard shortcut to quit X11 Command-, to bring up preferences dialog Keyboard mappings with dead keys fixed Linking against libGL no longer results with multiple definitions of glGetColorTableEXT Locked files left behind in /tmp no longer block non-admin users from starting X11 Windows can be resized by user to any size and not be limited by the Dock?s height Dragging remotely hosted windows no longer causes crash Hardware accelerated scrolling in 16 bit mode now works X Server no longer crashes if application tried to retrieve data back from the framebuffer using XGetImage Bug fixes and other feature enhancements 10:17:03 PM    comment []

XML-RPC and OS X 10.2.5. I’ve received email from people this morning telling me that OS X 10.2.5 will contain fixes to Apple’s XML-RPC code. Which I think is great. I had no doubt they would fix the bugs. Now, I don’t get pre-release copies of the system, so I can’t confirm this. But, assuming it’s true, the obvious question for me is: why not switch back to the system-supplied XML-RPC code? Here’s why I do not plan to switch back: 1. My philosophy is to always use system-supplied code whenever possible. My time can be much better spent in ways other than re-inventing the wheel. However, I already have re-invented the wheel in this case. There’s a value to being in control of the source code. If I want to or need to add features, I can. 2. My XML-RPC code runs on systems previous to 10.2.5. I don’t want to require that NetNewsWire users run 10.2.5. 3. The code is designed to be forgiving of things like unencoded ampersands and characters outside of the XML-RPC spec. It has to be forgiving, because not all of the various weblog publishing systems return perfectly valid responses all of the time. (That’s just a fact of life. It’s not my job to be an XML cop. I’d rather just have things work.) 4. My code is in the form of a set of Cocoa classes. Apple’s code is procedural. I prefer using Cocoa, since NetNewsWire is a Cocoa app. It fits better. 5. My code uses CURLHandle, which is what NetNewsWire uses to read feeds and so on. There’s a value to using the same HTTP client software throughout the app. For instance, once I fix the bug with authenticating proxies in the news reader, I can fix it in the XML-RPC code at the same time, since the fix will be the same. [inessential.com] 9:20:11 PM    comment []

When Computing Was Reliable. Last week, vendors of some high-profile open source products were taken to task for newly discovered flaws in their code that required yet another round of software patching. In the rush to embrace complexity, computer users have given up some of the most important computing tools of the last 50 years. [osOpinion] 9:17:33 PM    comment []

Donnerstag, 13. März 2003

Mozilla 1.3 Release Notes "On Mac OS X, XPInstall has been disabled for 1.3. This means that extensions and themes will not install for Mozilla 1.3 on Mac OS X. (bug 181293)" 11:42:21 PM    comment []

Mozilla.org Launches Mozilla 1.3. theBrownfury writes "Mozilla 1.3 is out and about. New to this version are features like image auto sizing, bayesian junk-mail filtering, dynamic profile ... [Slashdot] 10:37:20 PM    comment []

The Ultimate Lock-In. Microsoft Office 2003, which recently went into public beta, has the potential to tie customers to Microsoft products all the way down the line: desktop, productivity applications and server systems. [osOpinion] 12:14:14 AM    comment []

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