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Linux user group lauds open source efforts

Linux user group lauds open source efforts

Linux user group LinuxQuestions.org has announced the winners of its Members’ Choice Awards.
Staff Writers Mar 8 2006 11:35AM Software
Linux vendors on alert as flaw found in KDE

Linux vendors on alert as flaw found in KDE

Linux vendors have issued a warning about a potentially serious security hole in the KDE desktop environment, affecting a number of Linux distributions that use the software.
William Eazel Jan 25 2006 10:53AM Security
Novell urged to build open source around AppArmor Linux

Novell urged to build open source around AppArmor Linux

Industry experts have predicted that Novell’s recent decision to open up the source code of its AppArmor Linux security offering will only have a “meaningful result” if the firm succeeds in developing a true open-source community around the technology.
William Eazel Jan 20 2006 10:11AM Security
Novell Australia plays down local staff cuts

Novell Australia plays down local staff cuts

Novell has refused to comment on the size of its planned local job cuts in the face of the company’s current global restructure.
Tim Lohman Nov 7 2005 10:27AM Software
Linux security beta testers offered beer and blood

Linux security beta testers offered beer and blood

In a bizarre bid to attract beta testers an IT security company is offering 1,000 German beers and a meeting with Count Dracula to the software engineer who most thoroughly tests its Linux-based antivirus offering.
William Eazel Oct 25 2005 11:28AM Security
Red Hat adds Alstom IT as second distributor

Red Hat adds Alstom IT as second distributor

Alstom IT has signed a distribution agreement with Red Hat, becoming the open source-derived software vendor's second distributor in Australia.
Fleur Doidge Sep 15 2005 4:20PM Software
Microsoft bags Sybari, ditches Linux, Unix

Microsoft bags Sybari, ditches Linux, Unix

Microsoft has finalized the deal to buy antivirus vendor Sybari Software and announced it will discontinue new sales of Sybari's Linux and Unix products.
René Millman Jun 23 2005 12:51PM Security
Linux desktops not taking off: IDC

Linux desktops not taking off: IDC

Linux has not taken off on the desktop, according to an IDC study of the local whitebox PC market.
Staff Writers Jun 20 2005 1:18PM Software
OSDL axes staffers

OSDL axes staffers

The Open Source Development Labs has axed staffers, in a layoff intended to refocus the operation on its new mission as an advocate for Linux in emerging overseas markets.
Alexander Wolfe May 25 2005 9:50AM Software
Review: Astaro Security Linux

Review: Astaro Security Linux

Astaro's Security Linux 5.1 takes the open source Linux software and hardens it, but also adds commercial software for a complete security package. It comes with six components: firewall, VPN, anti-virus (provided by Kaspersky), content filtering, anti-spam and intrusion prevention.
Christopher Moody May 11 2005 12:00AM Security
Novell acquires Linux security firm

Novell acquires Linux security firm

Aiming to broaden its enterprise security offerings, Novell has acquired Immunix, a supplier of host-based application security for Linux.
Marcia Savage May 10 2005 5:11PM Security
Debate: Everyone knows Linux is the safest OS, and there’s no way that Windows can compete

Debate: Everyone knows Linux is the safest OS, and there’s no way that Windows can compete

Any time one compares Linux and Windows security one risks unleashing a cataract of opinion.
Richard Ford Apr 19 2005 12:42PM Security
Channel too cutthroat, says reseller

Channel too cutthroat, says reseller

A Linux reseller has criticised the IT channel for its cutthroat practices, arguing that even the marginalised bookselling industry has higher ethical standards when making deals.
Fleur Doidge Mar 24 2005 2:56PM Software
Avnet dives into Linux

Avnet dives into Linux

Distributor Avnet Partner Solutions has signed to distribute Novell SuSE Linux enterprise products to the mid-market and broaden its reach into the ISV community.
Byron Connolly Feb 23 2005 3:22PM Software
Honeypot Project finds decline in Linux attacks

Honeypot Project finds decline in Linux attacks

Unpatched Linux systems are lasting longer on the internet before being compromised, according to a study by the Honeynet Project, a nonprofit group of security professionals that researches online attackers' methods and motives.
Marcia Savage Feb 22 2005 2:04PM Security
Linux 2.6.10 kernel hits street

Linux 2.6.10 kernel hits street

The newest version of the Linux kernel has been released by creator and open-source maven Linus Torvalds.
Staff Writers Dec 30 2004 9:43AM Software
Fewer security flaws found in Linux than commercial software

Fewer security flaws found in Linux than commercial software

A review of the latest Linux source code has revealed it to have far fewer security flaws than commercial software.
René Millman Dec 15 2004 5:08PM Security
Linux reseller offers 'internet-safe' PC

Linux reseller offers 'internet-safe' PC

Melbourne-based Linux and open source software provider Cybersource has launched what it describes as an internet-safe computer package for home users via resellers.
Fleur Doidge Oct 20 2004 12:00AM Software
Largest ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands rolls out Linux antivirus

Largest ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands rolls out Linux antivirus

In a bid to protect its commercial email systems from constant virus attack Zon Nederland, the leading ISP and web-portal in the Netherlands, has rolled out an antivirus platform across its back-end Linux-based infrastructure
Robert Jaques Oct 13 2004 12:58PM Security
Portugal’s largest email provider rolls out Linux AV

Portugal’s largest email provider rolls out Linux AV

Media Capital Group, the largest web portal and email provider in Portugal, has deployed an antivirus system designed to protect its Linux infrastructure from worms, viruses and Trojans.
Rob Jaques Sep 9 2004 12:33PM Security

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