Category: Open source security

The releases of SCO UNIX (3.2v4.2) and Open Desktop (3.0) has the
following security patches available:

uod368b — passwd
oda377a — xterm, scoterm, scosession, clean_screen

These can be downloaded from ftp.sco.com:/SLS. First get …

As important as security is, remaining current with every development is hard, and evaluating possible vulnerabilities across a network can be quite a chore. You need a way to both automate tests and make sure you’re running the most appropriate …

Microsoft stated that open source software is dangerous. Congressman Villanueva aptly pointed out that Microsoft gives no specifics …

Reviews of source code by developers other than the author of the code are good ways to catch errors that may have been overlooked by the original developer. Source code …

When performing experiments to confirm a hypothesis on the effect of a particular variable on an event or observable occurence, it is common practice to utilize control groups. In an attempt to establish …

I was about to be a big ball ‘o negativity, but I managed to stop myself. After not being nice about the whole Foleo thing earlier, I was going to go right off ranting about the whole Mobile AJAX thing, …

Charles Stross, my new favorite scifi author, has just weighed in on the Palm Foleo. W00t!! I love it when worlds collide like this, things get all plasmic. And you know my dislike for standing on solid ground for …

Tut-tut. Tis Thursday’s IT Blogwatch: in which Digg melts down over the HD-DVD "processing key". Not to mention what every geek will be wearing this summer…
Heather Havenstein reports:
Digg.com, the popular site where users determine the placement of new stories by …