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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

2004-10-26 ANOTHER SECURITY HOLE, fixed in PuTTY 0.56

From the announcement:

PuTTY 0.56, released today, fixes a serious security hole which can
allow a server to execute code of its choice on a PuTTY client
connecting to it. In SSH2, the attack can be performed before host key
verification, meaning that even if you trust the server you think you
are connecting to, a different machine could be impersonating it and
could launch the attack before you could tell the difference. We
recommend everybody upgrade to 0.56 as soon as possible.

That's two really bad holes in three months. I'd like to apologise to
all our users for the inconvenience.

Comparing Windows with Linux and UNIX

from Microsoft's Steve Ballmer in today's Executive E-mail

Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Dell to tighten Linux ties with Novell pact

Monday, October 25, 2004

RTFM - Read the fine manual ; - )... The Red Hat Manuals are Quite Useful.

Exactly how "Full Featured" is Windows?

2004 Salary Survey Snapshots

Just another reminder that I am below average...

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Beware 'Fedora-Redhat' Fake Security Alert

Red Hat warns of a bogus email about needing to update Fedora.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

"Hello, OnStar? My car just froze, the windows went blue, and they have a bunch of wierd letters and numbers on them! What do I do? "

"Reboot?!?! How do I reboot my car?"

...Car crazy: Microsoft in the driver's seat...

Monday, October 18, 2004

Local Linux (RHCT or RHCE) Job Opportunity

Thursday, October 14, 2004

LavaPS is a Process Visualizer from .cthulu

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Novell's New Patent Policy Gets Tough on Defending Open Source from the Attacks of Certain Propreitary Vendors

Sun Settles Kodak Java Suit for $92M

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

AT&T Tests Linux to Replace Microsoft's Windows on 70,000 PCs