Virtual appliances are great for the same reasons physical appliances took the IT world by storm: They make deployment a snap — even instantaneous — while at the same time reducing costs. It’s a formula that made hardware-based appliances immensely popular for network security, backup, storage networking, file services, email, and many other single-focus solutions.
Sourcefire, best known for its Snort intrusion-prevention technology, Tuesday is unveiling a new open source project called Razorback that’s designed to spot malware and especially zero-day exploits.
“We want others to test it to see if our idea about this new protection framework is as innovative as we think it is,” says Matt Watchinski, senior director on the Sourcefire vulnerability research team.
Posted by Miguel Hernandez | Posted in Hardware, Open Source, software | Posted on 16-07-2010
At a recent local LUG I regularly attend, Braddock Gaskill gave a wonderful presentation on an open source 8-bit computer he had created. This was his first public debut of the device and every person in attendance was enthralled. more>>
Posted by David Lane | Posted in Discussion, Open Source, software | Posted on 08-07-2010
Twitter does not generally allow you to have a discussion. At least not me, who can barely say anything in less than a 1000 words, but here is a recent thread:
I’m not a fan of novel writing software–too complicated–but Storybook (free) helps keep my arcs & timeline straight. more>>
Posted by Chase Crum | Posted in Open Source | Posted on 16-04-2010
Part of my job is finding and testing open sourced solutions for already prominent commercially available software. The concept is simple: If it’s open sourced, it can be customized, be platform independent, and it can be free. In the business world, this poses two key benefits. Having software that can be customized means fewer problems and more functionality. more>>
Hackers broke into a server used by the Apache Software Foundation to keep track of software bugs.
The latest version of OpenOffice fixes several vulnerabilities that could cause a computer to become compromised by a remote attacker.
OpenOffice.org has issued version 3.2, which adds a lengthy list of new features and improves the suite’s overall performance while also fixing six vulnerabilities.
Ksplice Tuesday officially launched its no-reboot patching service for Linux servers.
The Cambridge, Mass., startup has about 35 customers and several thousand servers using its paid Uptrack service, in which security and maintenance patches are automatically applied to Linux servers with minimal delay and no downtime, according to Chief Operating Officer Waseem Daher.
Think your wireless service is crummy? Just wait until next year when the spectrum drought really hits home. And maybe you’ve been telling your users that installing a graphics card in an office PC is a waste of money. If that’s the case, you’re missing a chance to make them a lot more productive (as long as the games stay at home). You’ve known about CMOS for years. But do you know that an emerging technology called PCMOS, which uses non-Boolean logic, is on the verge of slashing power consumption in ASICs?
According to a story reported in the Washington Post and elsewhere, the Chinese government has backed down on its plans to require PC manufacturers to install government-mandated censorship software — for now. It appears that the decision was made at least i
