December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Wu-Tang Clan cypherpunk reference
by andrew fabbro 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Watch for the wooden soldiers, C-cypher punks couldn't hold us" -- "Triumph," Wu-Tang Clan, -Wu-Tang Forever- This is listed on the Wu-Tang Clan's home page (www.wu-tang.com) so presumably the lyric is accurate. Anyone know what the reference is? -- Andrew Fabbro [afabbro(a)umich.edu] [andrewf(a)jesuswept.com] http://www-personal.umich.edu/~afabbro/ 313.647.2713 "We make money the old fashion way. We print it." - DigiCrime

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DCSB: Adam Shostack; No Silver Bullet -- Digital Commerce and Payment Security
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text X-Sender: rah(a)pop.sneaker.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:37:24 -0500 To: dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu, dcsb-announce(a)ai.mit.edu From: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: DCSB: Adam Shostack; No Silver Bullet -- Digital Commerce and Payment Security Cc: Adam Shostack <adam(a)homeport.org>, Jeremey Barrett <jeremey(a)bluemoney.com>, "Michael S. Baum" <michael(a)verisign.com> Sender: bounce-dcsb(a)ai.mit.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Robert Hettinga <rah(a)shipwright.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The Digital Commerce Society of Boston Presents Adam Shostack Netect, Inc. "No Silver Bullet" Digital Commerce and Payment Security Tuesday, April 7, 1997 12 - 2 PM The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston One Federal Street, Boston, MA The traditional threats that apply to digital commerce systems are the same as the threats against all other commerce systems. But the communications networks that are available to the bad guys make possible and effective attacks that could never work before. Adam Shostack will examine some of these new threats to electronic commerce, some of the potential solutions, and share his vision of the future tools to protect commerce. New attacks against commerce include the automation of knowledge. The pickpocket of old needed to practice for years to learn how to be effective. Today's 14 year olds can download a package with a win95 interface to exploit security holes. The nature of the internet allows them to engage in these attacks anonymously. The anonymous nature of the net also means that people can engage in attacks that have a very small payoff, or a small chance of a large payoff. They also engage in attacks for the thrill of it, costing companies trust and confidence, as well as down time and its associated lost revenue. New methods of dealing with the threats and problems posed by the automation of new attacks will be required. Where 'traditional' security measures, such as firewalls, have failed to deal with the new attacks, there is need to try new approaches. This talk will cover the new breeds of attack, and the new methods of building secure foundations to help busy companies cope. Mr. Shostack is Director of Technology for Netect, Inc, a startup making innovative applications to help cope with the new breed of security problems. He has extensive background in designing, implementing and testing secure systems for clients in the medical, computer, and financial industries. His recent public work includes 'Apparent Weaknesses in the Security Dynamics Client Server Protocol,' 'Source Code Review Guidelines,' and comparisons of freely available cryptographic libraries. Adam was also one of the instructors, along with John Kelsey of Counterpane, and Gary Howland of SecureAccounts, in Ian Goldberg's FC98 Financial Cryptography Workshop, which was held in Anguilla in early March this year. This meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 1997, from 12pm - 2pm at the Downtown Branch of the Harvard Club of Boston, on One Federal Street. The price for lunch is $32.50. This price includes lunch, room rental, various A/V hardware, and the speaker's lunch. ;-). The Harvard Club *does* have dress code: jackets and ties for men (and no sneakers or jeans), and "appropriate business attire" (whatever that means), for women. Fair warning: since we purchase these luncheons in advance, we will be unable to refund the price of your lunch if the Club finds you in violation of the dress code. We will attempt to record this meeting for sale on CD/R, and to put it on the web in RealAudio format, at some future date. We need to receive a company check, or money order, (or, if we *really* know you, a personal check) payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", by Saturday, April 4th, or you won't be on the list for lunch. Checks payable to anyone else but The Harvard Club of Boston will have to be sent back. Checks should be sent to Robert Hettinga, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02131. Again, they *must* be made payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", in the amount of $32.50. Please include your e-mail address, so that we can send you a confirmation If anyone has questions, or has a problem with these arrangements (We've had to work with glacial A/P departments more than once, for instance), please let us know via e-mail, and we'll see if we can work something out. Upcoming speakers for DCSB are: May Jeremey Barrett Digital Bearer Certificate Protocols June Michael Baum PKI and the Commercial CA We are actively searching for future speakers. If you are in Boston on the first Tuesday of the month, and you would like to make a presentation to the Society, please send e-mail to the DCSB Program Commmittee, care of Robert Hettinga, <mailto: rah(a)shipwright.com>. For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, send "info dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto: majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu> . If you want to subscribe to the DCSB e-mail list, send "subscribe dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto: majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu> . We look forward to seeing you there! Cheers, Robert Hettinga Moderator, The Digital Commerce Society of Boston -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.5.3 iQEVAwUBNQRurMUCGwxmWcHhAQFLyQf9H4KUArV/SocXwK6O5aW028g2NsFUp5qU PfZfFn+3paQrsG+9dhKAsDb+GvMYgS4ZADV+s1yZTeQjHShHST4o5WiHqOtd9ALY nWd3F9FDngiD8LuCXXoC4Q8vLEazsFSNSXJG9tCR+OkoJgLZFM3997AO4dNPLm59 u42EAzlt435AlFFvPRiVA3mvKf2eFDbdXMiE8x3vfZvoqSYl33EVH1j4PvUr3BU4 IP01x6Ap+Cs3SBoAFb27O57X7fX6MFascwn+h6Vv/gFxnpTwRXgUK+05Hzeh/ZUf Qe+tKR1cz1GqP7g0H9CHFLxHce0CB6f8izYhTxj6tsD6jB33aUWOFg== =Hdoe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe from this list, send a letter to: Majordomo(a)ai.mit.edu In the body of the message, write: unsubscribe dcsb-announce Or, to subscribe, write: subscribe dcsb-announce If you have questions, write to me at Owner-DCSB(a)ai.mit.edu --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

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Re: BATFC -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Cryptography
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim's and Michael's exchanges (with others) are most welcome, and constructively return us again to the most compelling aspect of the encryption debate, the contest between law and technology, one that has impact far beyond cryptography. There are examples of the application of law to control of technology in the President's most recent update of "The National Emergency Caused by the Lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979": http://jya.com/hd105-191.htm It recounts the activities of the Commerce Department -- mainly BXA -- for the latest 6-month reporting period, and lists as well the cases of penalties imposed for export violations. Some of these have been imposed for alleged violations over 6 years past. They exemplify what Tim and Michael are discussing of the various ways the regulations and laws are imposed according to policy shifts and wind direction of politicians. The report describes the beef up of BXA enforcement programs, and increasing coordination with and training of other countries for export enforcement. All justified by a "national emergency" for which the underlying law to control technology long ago lapsed. The lapse appears to be a deliberate way to avoid having to define ahead of time what technology is to be controlled in order that ad hoc policy and regulations can be devised to fit, deal by deal. This parallels the increase in indecipherable grand jury proceedings, plea bargainings and parole conditions, determined by protected government employees. These, to be sure, appear to be close cousins of the bloated features of legacy technologies, civilian and military. It worth noting that Microsoft and the Justice Department are perfect twins of technology and law monopolies, using brute force and contracts to get their way, both clothed in self-righteousness and both led by charming weirdos, both totally obsessed with each their own mad view of law and technology in the "public interest." Still, there's some public benefit that these disputes are white collar and not homicidal/suicidal battles of NBC warfare, at least not yet here at home.

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Do you have a Bulk E Mail Program?
by filaman＠blrg.tds.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Information From The Microsoft Personal Information Center
by mscompia＠microsoft.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Here is your password you requested from the Microsoft Personal Information Center at http://register.microsoft.com/regwiz/personalinfo.asp. Password: cypherpunks If you continue to have access problems or want to report other issues, please contact us through the Write Us button at the top of any Microsoft page.

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Sun vs. FUD: Elvis is waiting; Sun puts high-strength encryption software aside
by David Honig 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/wired/story.html?s=n/reuters /980310/wired/stories/sun_4.html Tuesday March 10 9:58 AM EST Sun puts high-strength encryption software aside SAN FRANCISCO (Wired) - Sun Microsystems, which had hoped to market high-strength encryption software developed by a Russian firm, has put the plans on hold due to ongoing scrutiny by the US Commerce Department, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The software, partially based on a Sun security protocol, was developed by a Moscow company called Elvis+, a firm started by former Soviet space scientists in which Sun now owns a 10 percent stake. The deal attracted widespread attention because it appeared to give Sun a way around the Clinton administration's regulation of strong-crypto exports. Sun contended the Elvis+ products fall outside the purview of US government policy. The administration has been reviewing the deal for nine months now. Sun executives, who had hoped to put the encryption software on the market last August, have shelved the plans for the moment, but they remain hopeful, the Journal reported. ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig(a)otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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Congressbastards getting a clue
by David Honig 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://allpolitics.com/1998/03/10/ap/mcdermott.lawsuit/ Summary: History: Florida couple taped some Congressmen (including Gingrich) talking on their cellphones. Gives the tape to another Congressman A, who passes it on to the press. Florida couple has been convicted. News: Now one of the taped Congressmen is suing the Congressman who leaked the tape. When will they learn? Mathematics >> law ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig(a)otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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GoldMoney
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.goldmoney.com/home.html Essays on the future of money, electronic, digital and "GoldMoney," based on US Patent No. 5,671,364 One or so cypherpunks referenced.

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Open Source Software - Proposal (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From ravage(a)ssz.com Tue Feb 10 10:35:27 1998 From: Jim Choate <ravage(a)ssz.com> Message-Id: <199802101635.KAA02425(a)einstein.ssz.com> Subject: Open Source Software - Proposal To: users(a)ssz.com (SSZ User Mail List) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 10:35:25 -0600 (CST) Cc: friends(a)ssz.com (Ravage's Friends), stugreen(a)realtime.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 3835 Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://earthspace.net/~esr/open-source.html > > GOODBYE, "FREE SOFTWARE"; HELLO, "OPEN SOURCE" > > After the Netscape announcement broke in February early 1998 I did a > lot of thinking about the next phase -- the serious push to get "free > software" accepted in mainstream corporate America. And I realized we > have a serious problem with "free software" itself. > > Specifically, we have a problem with the term "free software", itself, > not the concept. I've become convinced that the term has to go. > > The problem with it is twofold. First, it's confusing; the term "free" > is very ambiguous (something the Free Software Foundation's propaganda > has to wrestle with constantly). Does "free" mean "no money charged?" > or does it mean "free to be modified by anyone", or something else? > > Second, the term makes a lot of corporate types nervous. While this > does not intrinsically bother me in the least, we now have a pragmatic > interest in converting these people rather than thumbing our noses at > them. There's now a chance we can make serious gains in the mainstream > business world without compromising our ideals and commitment to > technical excellence -- so it's time to reposition. We need a new and > better label. > > I brainstormed this with some Silicon Valley fans of Linux the day > after my meeting with Netscape (Feb 5th). We kicked around and > discarded several alternatives, and we came up with a replacement > label we all liked: "open source". > > John "maddog" Hall and Larry Augustin, both of the Linux International > Board of Directors, were in on the brainstorming session (though > interestingly enough the term "open source" was suggested by > non-hacker Chris Peterson, observing for the Foresight Institute). > Linus Torvalds himself approved it the following day. And it isn't a > Linux-only thing; Keith Bostic likes it and says he thinks the BSD > community can be brought on board. > > We suggest that everywhere we as a culture have previously talked > about "free software", the label should be changed to "open source". > Open-source software. The open-source model. The open source culture. > The Debian Open Source Guidelines. (In pitching this to corporate > America I'm also going to be invoking the idea of "peer review" a > lot.) > > Bruce Perens has volunteered to register "open source" as a trademark > and hold it through Software in the Public Interest. And RMS himself > has said he'll use the term (though not exclusively) as long as the > Open Source Definition Bruce is working up isn't weaker than the > Debian Free Software Guidelines. > > And, we should explain publicly the reason for the change. Linus has > been saying in "World Domination 101" that the open-source culture > needs to make a serious effort to take the desktop and engage the > corporate mainstream. Of course he's right -- and this re-labeling, as > Linus agrees, is part of the process. It says we're willing to work > with and co-opt the market for our own purposes, rather than remaining > stuck in a marginal, adversarial position. > > It's crunch time, people. The Netscape announcement changes > everything. We've broken out of the little corner we've been in for > twenty years. We're in a whole new game now, a bigger and more > exciting one -- and one I think we can win. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Back to Eric's Home Page Up to Site Map $Date: 1998/02/10 03:55:36 $ > > > Eric S. Raymond <esr(a)snark.thyrsus.com> >

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New: Linux Weekly News (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From ravage(a)ssz.com Tue Feb 10 10:34:50 1998 From: Jim Choate <ravage(a)ssz.com> Message-Id: <199802101634.KAA02399(a)einstein.ssz.com> Subject: New: Linux Weekly News To: users(a)ssz.com (SSZ User Mail List) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 10:34:40 -0600 (CST) Cc: friends(a)ssz.com (Ravage's Friends), stugreen(a)realtime.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 19324 Forwarded message: > X-within-URL: http://www.eklektix.com/lwn/ > LINUX WEEKLY NEWS > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > --> > > Linux Weekly News > > > > Bringing you the latest news from the Linux World. > Dedicated to keeping Linux users up-to-date, with concise news for all > interests > Published February 5, 1998 > > Sections: > Linux articles > Security > Kernel news > Distributions > Ports > Software Development > Tips and tricks > Announcements > > > Leading items > > This is going to be the year of free software. I have honestly come to > believe that. The free software movement is about to make tremendous > gains in respect and mindshare in realms where it has long been > ignored. Big software firms may want to start worrying, because the > world is changing around them. > > Anybody who didn't read Eric S. Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar > paper should go and do so now. It describes the Linux development > model nicely, as well as the reasons for the success of that model. > Netscape has credited this paper with being a crucial influence in > their decision to free the source to their browser. > > As of this writing, Eric is evidently in Silicon Valley discussing > licensing terms with Netscape. The word is that he is also meeting > with several other "leading Silicon Valley CEO's" to discuss the free > software model. One wonders who else may decide to adopt the bazaar > model of development. > > Whether or not other firms follow Netscape in the near future, free > software now has a visibility that was lacking before. Peruse the set > of articles listed below, and you'll see what we mean. This can only > be good for the Linux world, as the validity of its model of > development gains the recognition it deserves. It's looking like > interesting times. > > David Miller, the force behind the Sparc and SGI ports, finally > resurfaced after a longish, low-profile period. To see what he has > been doing, check out the Cobalt Micro page. I don't know anybody who > has actually run one of these cool, blue Linux boxes, but they look > like a fun toy... > > Does unix need to be rescued from the hackers?. This item isn't > particularly new, but Michael Hoffman's article on the need for a > seamless graphical user interface for unix systems is still good food > for thought. Another person, Perry Harrington, would like to replace > the X window system with something better, and which would include a > serious user interface policy. See his page if you would like to > participate. > > Peruse the LWN Archives. > > Our obligatory Linux links page. > > Got some feedback, some news to publish, or something else you would > like to tell us? lwn(a)eklektix.com is our address. > > Or would you like to be notified when new editions of the Linux Weekly > News are published? Click here and send a blank message. > > Please see our contact page for other contact information. > > The permanent site for this page is here. [Articles] > > Linux in the news > > Wired news ran an article on free software last week. The obvious > point of interest was Netscape, but Linux rated some favorable mention > as well. It's a reasonable discussion of the merits of free software > in general. > > Accolades from the Emerald Isle. An article in the Irish Times > financial section is also favorable toward Linux, explicitly as an > alternative to NT. I assume that "Linux remains at the coalface > technologically [...]" is a positive thing... > > There is a four-part series on free software in news.com this week. > It's a reasonably good and sympathetic series, despite its title: > "Socialist Software." > > Many of us have heard the old argument: "There is no technical support > for Linux." Well, then, why has Infoworld awarded its 1997 technical > support award to the Linux community? It's a great bit of recognition > that just because software is free doesn't mean that it's unsupported. > Show this one to your boss. > > Ah yes, and their award for operating systems went to Red Hat 5.0... > > Two other articles in Infoworld: Nicolas Petreley thinks that > Netscape's move could be a winning strategy, while Mark Tebbe talks of > the model used by "a renegade OS such as Linux" and raises, you > guessed it, the spectre of support. > > "[Linux] is emerging as a viable competitor to Microsoft's Windows NT" > according to an article in the New York Times. Note that this site > requires registration now... The old convention of using 'cypherpunks' > for the username and password will get you in, if you don't wish to > register separately. > > The folks at TBTF ran a couple of Linux-related articles this week. > One, dedicated to estimating the size of the Linux community, comes up > with 5-7 million installed Linux systems in the world. > > We are told January's issue of Sky & Telescope has a nice Linux > article in it. We haven't seen it, though; check your local newsstand. > > > CNN's article on top selling software for January includes a reference > to Red Hat Linux. It's number three in the "Business Software > (MS-DOS/OS/2)" section. "Business software" can almost make sense, but > "MS-DOS"??? [Security] A serious X-windows security problem has > been reported in XKB, depending on X11 version and environment, which > can allow local users to exploit a "feature" XDB to execute arbitrary > programs with extra privileges. Quick vulnerability check and fix are > provided in the posting to linux-alert. You can also see Red Hat's > advisory on this bug. > > The AT&T Crowds project has chosen linux for their next target. Crowds > is intended to protect a person's anonymity as they browse the web and > already runs under SunOS, Solaris and Irix. > > The filter program that comes as part of the elm-2.4 package contains > two vulnerabilities, one of which could be remotely exploited. Details > here. > > Michal Zalewski reported a problem with gzexe, part of the gzip > package. Seems it uses predictable filenames in /tmp, which may allow > users to destroy the contents of files on your system. Use of gzexe is > not widespread, but Red Hat recommends upgrading your version of gzip. > [Kernel] The current development kernel version is 2.1.85. It > includes the ability to boot off of MD striped disks, a bunch of SCSI > changes for machines with the IBM MCA bus, bug fixes, and > documentation updates. Thus far, reported problems are few, though > there are evidently some build problems with the MCA SCSI stuff. > > Alan Cox states that TCP is "somewhat broken" in the 2.1.8x series, > "and will remain so until it's fixed." As always with development > kernels, be careful out there. Patches continue to roll in towards a > (still somewhat distant) 2.2 release. > > A stated goal, once development starts on 2.3, is reworking and > cleaning up the sound driver code. Some of you may have noticed that > it can be a bit, um, difficult to configure and make work right. It's > not clear how that development will proceed, but Colin Plumb posted a > good, concise article on some of the issues involved. > > Richard Gooch continues to update his enhancements. The MTRR patch > (MTRR stands for Memory Type Range Registers - now we all understand, > right?), which greatly speeds frame buffer access, is up to rev 1.8 > (against kernel 2.1.84). His "devfs" patch (runtime creation of the > /dev tree) is up to version 18. Both are available from his patch > page. Still no word on when (or if) these patches will go into the > 2.1 kernel. > > Unless you have a multiprocessor machine, be sure not to compile your > kernels with SMP enabled. Recent development kernels seem to be even > less than usually forgiving in this regard; SMP kernels on a > uniprocessor machine can die in weird and unpleasant ways. > Unfortunately, SMP is still the default, and is not a configuration > option; you need to edit the Makefile and comment out the SMP = 1 line > near the beginning. Believe me (voice of experience here) it's an easy > thing to forget... > > Also in the SMP arena is a flurry of activity around IO-APIC use. The > IO-APIC is an interrupt controller on multiprocessor systems which is > able to route interrupts to any CPU, thus helping to create a true > symmetric multiprocessing system. However, each motherboard seems to > do it a little different, leading to one of those bits of hardware > obnoxiousness that takes a long time to sort out. The 2.1.85 kernel > added a document describing IO-APIC for those interested in the > details. > > Is the Linux Maintenance Project dead? The question was raised this > week, since the web pages have not been updated in recent times. The > answer is that the maintainer is busy, and some new ways of running > the web pages are being worked out. Expect some activity there in the > not-too-distant future. > > William Stearns is working on a program to automate the process of > building a new kernel. Check out his web page for more info. Since > we're a weekly publication, chances are we'll be behind a rev or two > on the kernel release by the time you read this page. Up-to-the-second > information can always be found at LinuxHQ. [DISTRIBUTIONS] > > Debian > > Yes, it's true! Debian is dumping dselect! From the recent mention on > debian-announce, the new package manager meant to replace dselect is > now being demonstrated and will probably appear in 2.1 or one of the > early point releases. > > Mentioned recently on debian-announce, a Debian system was used to > develop the AMSAT Phase 3-D satellite, one of the series of Ham Radio > Satellites. Check it out here. > > A reminder to frustrated Debian users who are only finding their > favorite software in RPM format: "alien" can be used instead. If you > have trouble with alien, try upgrading to debianutils 1.6. > > The January issue of the German magazine CHIP Extra comes with a > CD-ROM containing Debian 1.3.1 and the Beta version of StarOffice 4.0 > for Linux. Review from debian-user indicates that the issue is very > well done, with a lot of useful info for both novices and users. > Here's CHIP's Web site, primarily in German. > > Red Hat > > Red Hat reports recent turn-over in their support staff which has hurt > the Red Hat installation support they provide via e-mail to people who > purchase their $50 set. They "have been working to midnight and > beyond" to catch up with the backload and have hired new staff. Robert > Hart (Red Hat's support manager) assured people on redhat-list that > Red Hat installation support will not be terminated at 30 days if a > delay on their part caused the time to run out. > > Red Hat 5.0 users have also been griping a bit about how the errata > pages are handled. Complaints include slow updates, and Red Hat's > tendency to update existing entries, making it very hard to notice a > second update for a given package. A call was made for public > announcements from Red Hat whenever updates go out. > > Users on redhat-list have been poking at > http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/IE4mk/, finding that > accessing it from Netscape 4.04 crashes some Xservers, and not others, > depending on your Xserver and Linux version. No direct link is > provided, on-purpose, but feel free to check it out!. > > Off-topic, but on the redhat-list, Dave Wreski compiled and posted a > list of free ssh-clients for Windows. He would like to see people > choose one, try it out and post a review, since interest in them is so > high. > > Slackware > > Reported on bugtraq: Imapd/ipop3d problems in slackware 3.4 if you > install the pine package. When fed an unknown username, imapd and > ipop3d will dump core. Details here. Patrick Volkerding [maintainer of > Slackware] has already responded and will put out a repaired package. > > S.u.S.E > > For the Linux trivia buffs, S.u.S.E stands for 'Software und System > Entwicklung', which means software and system development. If you're > interested in S.u.S.E's history, check out this post from Bodo Bauer. > > How do you pronounce S.u.S.E? A popular Americanism is "Suzie", but if > you ask in Germany, the pronunciation will be closer to "Seuss-eh" (as > in Doctor Seuss) or "Souss-uh". Boy was it fun to watch people try and > describe a sound in an e-mail message! > > There are a lot of converts from various Unix flavors on the > suse-linux-e list (of course!). If you're interested in comments from > one person who recently installed the distribution, check it out. > [Ports] > > Alpha > > At least one Linux system vendor (Net Express) has stopped selling > Alpha-based systems as a result of the Compaq takeover of Digital. See > their Alpha systems page for details on their reasoning. On the other > hand, most other vendors and the Alpha discussion lists remain > relatively calm on this subject, suggesting that not everybody is > worried. > > There is an article in SunWorld Online about the Compaq takeover. No > real conclusions, but they raise some concerns. > > Sparc > > People are already asking whether SPARC/Linux will run on the new, > PCI-based Ultra workstations. No definitive answer has been posted, > but it seems awfully unlikely. The new bus, new video, and (oh joy) > IDE disks are all stuff that SPARC/Linux has never had to deal with > before. /td> [Software Development] Almost overnight, the > linux-ha (linux high-availability list) has revived and is generating > good discussion! If you are interested in high-availability Linux > solutions, now is the time to get involved! You can subscribe to > linux-ha on the Linux Mailing Lists page. > > [Articles] Some folks are discovering they can no longer access > hosts with underscores in their names. Host names with underscores > have always been against the rules, but many systems have let them > work anyway. However, the new GNU C library, shipping with the latest > Linux distributions, enforces this rule. If you have host names with > _underscores_, you might want to consider renaming them soon. > > Want to run Oracle 7.3.3 under Linux? Jan Andersen posted a detailed > howto describing the path to there using the IBCS package. > > If you see these errors from Netscape Communicator 4.04: > > sh: -c line 1: missing closing `)' for arthmetic expression sh: -1 > line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;' sh: -c line 1: > `((/usr/local/bin/rvplayer /tmp/MO34B2F4B209B0136.ram); rm /tmp/\ > MO34B2F4B209B0136.ram )&' > > your problem is actually probably your version of bash. Try upgrading > to the latest version (2.01) to fix the problem. > [Announcements] > > Software and documents > > Package Version Description accton 4.0 Driver for Accton pocket > ethernet adaptor buslogic 2.0.11 Leonard Zubkoff's outstanding > BusLogic SCSI adaptor driver CD patch Patch to 2.0 33 kernel to > support new CD formats datapult 2.02 Scripting language for web > servers ddd 2.2.2 Graphical front end to gdb (very nice) FireMyst 0.8 > Small, UMSDOS-based system (for recovery diskettes) fnorb 0.4 CORBA > object request broker for Python. One of the best-named packages out > there, in your editor's opinion. freetype 1.0 TrueType font rendering > engine ImageMagick 4.0 Amazing image manipulation/conversion system > KDEbeta 3 K desktop environment lftp 0.14.0 Command-line FTP client > lilo-color Patch to Lilo 20 to display boot messages in color linbot > 0.3 Web site management tool mat 0.15 System administration tool plor > 0.3.2 Offline mail and news reader secure-linux Patch to kernel 2.0.33 > to add a number of security features. SMS client 2.0.5 Send SMS > messages to mobile phones snipix 2.12 Run SNA (and talk to your old > IBM mainframes) on your Linux box. Free for Linux, commercial for > other OS's. Software Building mini-HOWTO 1.52 HOWTO on building > software from source StarOffice 4.0 Office suite, free for private use > TkInfo 2.4 Tcl/Tk-based info browser TtH 1.1 Translate TeX to HTML > webalizer beta WWW server log analysis xbomb 2.1 X-based minesweeper > game LLNL XDIR 2.1 Motif-based graphical FTP client xtc 0005 X toolkit > in Java zed 1.0.1 "Fast, powerful, simple, configurable" text editor. > --> > > Projects > > A bunch of ambitious folks have announced the Java/Linux NC project. > They want to provide a complete network computer implementation, with > a full set of Microsoft-type applications, for free. Java and Linux > are their tools. It's a big project, and I wish them luck; check out > their announcement for more info, or to join up. > > Other folks want to clone Userland's "Frontier" scripting environment. > See their announcement for more. > > A volunteer-supported (commercial) Webzine, 32 Bits Online is looking > for LINUX writers to share with the world why Linux is their operating > system of choice. If you're interested in an audience for your > opinions, send e-mail to Ronny Ko. > > The Virtuoso project seeks to put together a fancy 3d graphics package > for Linux. See their announcement if you would like to help. > > The folks with the amazing samba project are setting out to create a > free NT domain controller. > > The Linux Clothing Project moves into a new phase of Linux fashion. > Heaven forbid we have any naked Linuxes out there... > > Web Sites > > The LSDB (Linux Software Database), a cgi searchable database of linux > software has moved. The new address is http://www.egypt.pca.net. > > Events > > 1998 Atlanta Linux Showcase, October 23 - 24, 1998, Atlanta, Georgia. > > Asia and Pacific Rim Internet Conference on Operational Technologies > (APRICOT). Manila, Philippines, February 16-20, 1998. > > On the lighter side > > A native returning "down under" after a year and a half gives a note > on Linux' increased popularity in Australia. > > Some fear that the joke announcement that Linus was going to integrate > Netscape into the Linux Operating System may have the same lifespan as > the Good Times Virus ... Eklektix, Inc. Linux powered! This > page is produced by Eklektix, Inc. >

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