O | S | D | N NEWSLETTER January 25, 2003 BUSINESS SERIES
The 'Business Series' Newsletter is developed to bring Open Source related content to a user with a focus for business and migration issues in Open Source. If you'd like to receive more content relating to Open Source subscribe at http://www.osdn.com/newsletters/ ============================================================== With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ ============================================================== Slashdot MS SQL Server Worm Wreaking Havoc http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/25/1245206 [0]defile writes "Since about midnight EST almost every host on the internet has been receiving a 376 byte UDP payload on port ms-sql-m (1434) from a random infected server. Reports of some hosts receiving 10 per minute or more. [1]internetpulse.net is reporting UUNet and Internap are being hit very hard. This is the cause of major connectivity problems being experienced worldwide. It is believed this worm leverages a [2]vulnerability published in June 2002. Several core routers have taken to blocking port 1434 outright. If you run Microsoft SQL Server, make sure the public internet can't access it. If you manage a gateway, consider dropping UDP packets sent to port 1434." bani adds "This has effectively [3]disabled 5 of the 13 root nameservers." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.internetpulse.net/ 2. http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/mssql-udp.txt 3. http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=78919038&f=409192893&m=4551982416 How High is Your AP? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2333239 [0]DeAshcroft writes "The [1]New York Times has a [2]piece [give up your data] on the wiring of Everest. Tsering Gyaltsen, the grandson of one of Sir Edmund Hillary's orignal summit-conquering Sherpas is bringing the net to the mountain (presumably bringing the mountain to the net was even more difficult). He's attracted a great set of 'technologists' to make this happen, and, best of all, it means the locals get access (including a school of about 250 students), not just the rich geeks who come to town to climb the thing." Links 0. http://www.cafeshops.com/usingrights/ 1. http://www.nytimes.com/ 2. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/23/technology/circuits/23sher.html Cross-Site-TRACE http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2324225 [0]quackking writes "Uh-oh! Looks bad for RFC 2068! Kudos to [1]WhiteHat out of Santa Clara, CA for this one. ALL current web servers comply with this RFC, which means they ALL are vulnerable to this newly named attack - XST - [2]cross-site-trace. When misused, TRACE, part of the HTTP protocol, allows an unauthorized script to be passed to a Web server for execution even if the server is secured against running such scripts. Even devices like web-managed routers are open to this." Links 0. http://www.quacken.com 1. http://www.whitehatsec.com/ 2. http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C3973%2C841144%2C00.asp Where Are They Now: Q*Bert http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1543216 An anonymous reader writes "Two guys who worked on SNL and the Conan show cover the drug-addled history of Atari's classic blobish-looking character, [0]Q*Bert." Links 0. http://www.slushfactory.com/content/EpuFukEpAFFjrIoYJF.php IBM Trials TCPA Chip Under Linux http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1757221 keihin writes "From IBM: IBM's Global Security Analysis Lab (GSAL) has done [0]extensive analysis of the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) chip available on some IBM systems. We have the chip running under Linux, and have studied it extensively. In order to clarify a lot of misunderstanding about the chip, we are making available some helpful white papers and open source device drivers for Linux, so that interested people can test and use the chip in an open environment." Links 0. http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/ Personal Submarine Cruises SF Bay http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1924257 [0]LandSonar writes "Graham Hawkes, the guru of the submarine design business, tried out his new submersible sea plane yesterday in SF Bay. Called the '[1]Deep Flight Aviator'. [2]Article and cool pictures. This craft doesn't use ballast like traditional subs. Flys more like a plane. 'It looks like something NASA might build or the Blue Angels might fly.'" Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.deepflight.com/subs/dfa.htm 2. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/24/BA111378.DTL The Long-Awaited MOO! http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1950246 [0]Number13 writes "Quicksilver's [1]Master of Orion 3, [2]declared vaporware by Wired magazine, has [3]gone gold! Set to hit the streets on Feb. 25, MOO3 is the the successor to what many consider the best space strategy game series." Links 0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. http://www.moo3.com/ 2. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57023-2,00.html 3. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030124/242237_1.html Issues for the Internet Society http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1748232 [0]DenOfEarth writes "The Economist has published a [1]series of articles detailing some of the issues facing our current society and the technological leaps and bounds that are leading to the future internet society. They include: [2]Protection of Privacy, [3]Constant internet connectivity, [4]Copyright 's Role in the Future, [5]Technology-based Democratic Process, [6]Government Authority, and [7]Social and Political Ramifications. There's a good deal of information to waste one's time with here, but some good discussion is bound to come out of it." Links 0. http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/~whelan 1. http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1534303 2. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534283 3. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534295 4. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534271 5. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534259 6. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534249 7. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1534217 LinuxWorld Report, Day 2 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1747223 greechneb writes "Roblimo is reporting again on [0]LWCE's second day. Check out his reports on break dancers, hp, suse, gentoo, linux on laptops, and most important, free booze." See [1]yesterday's story if you missed it. Some other LWCE notes: United Linux is [2]sucking in more partners, and even [3]Microsoft won one of the show awards. And yes, Robin is going around asking the interview questions. :) Links 0. http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/01/23/2212240.shtml?tid=23 1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/23/198230&tid=163 2. http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/breakingnews.asp?ArticleID=39526 3. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny03/V33/press.cvn?id=11&p_id=12 .org TLD Now Runs on PostgreSQL http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1549207 [0]johnnyb writes "The .org domain, which has long run on Oracle systems, is now being [1]transferred to a PostgreSQL system. I guess we can now dispel the "untested in mission-critical applications" myth." Links 0. http://www.eskimo.com/~johnnyb/ 1. http://www.computerworld.com.au/idg2.nsf/All/2ADD84E6EBCEADE9CA256CB30075FA01!OpenDocument Newsforge Reports Linux is a natural for India http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/1423219 - By Prakash Advani - Today India is a hot topic for discussion as far as Linux is concerned. Many users around the world want to understand the mindset of Indians regarding Linux. This article attempts to give some insight to the market dynamics here, and how they make Linux a natural fit for India. Linux Advisory Watch - January 24th 2003 http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1030256 - by Benjamin D. Thomas - Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and descriptions of each vulnerability. This week, advisories were released for cups, canna, cvs, dhcp, libpng, kde, fnord, vim, printer-drivers, python, and susehelp. The distributors include Caldera, Conectiva, Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake, Red ... LinuxWorld Day 2: Dancing with the dot-orgs, laptops on parade, Knoppix for kids http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/23/2212240 - By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - The hottest thing I've seen at this show so far is a guy with six piercings jumping up and down on a Dance Dance Revolution device hooked to a Linux computer in the icculus.org booth in the dot-org pavilion in the back of the show hall. The dot-org pavilion was packed. And so was the whole show today, it seemed. Updated 10:55 p.m. - HP and SuSE show off Linux on laptops (and give me free booze); Knoppix for kids; ... Newsforge Newsvac Tech Giants Team to Oppose Copy Control Laws http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2118255 Newly-formed Alliance for Digital Progress says private companies can best determine how to protect copyrighted content. Lindows vs. Windows: The Battle Continues http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2117233 Trial set for April in trademark infringement case, as judge refuses a request for summary judgment. Oracle And Linux Users Party As Far Away From Each Other As They Can Get http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2117213 Linux lovers met for LinuxWorld Expo in the Javits Center in New York where they witnessed software introductions by major vendors and spent more time standing in the street trying to get a cab than actually on the show floor. IBM introduced new Linux tools for devices ranging from the handheld to the mainframe, including a preconfigured, pre-tested mainframe running Linux. On the other side of the country, Oracle applications users met in San ... Remote Gkrellm Over SSH http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2115259 GonzoJohn writes "Contributing editor Dan McCombs gives us the lowdown on running the Gkrellm system monitor remotely over SSH." Lindows.com denied ruling; goes to jury http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/2115210 Anonymous Reader writes "Lindows.com, Inc. announced today that the United States District Court in Seattle has denied their Motion for Summary Judgment on Genericness, challenging the validity of Microsoft's trademark leaving the issue to be decided by jury trial scheduled to start on April 7, 2003." Lost Marble Releases Moho Beta for Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1452244 Anonymous Reader writes "A pro quality multimedia application makes it to Linux, but only after a number of Linux users actively asked for it (small companies seem to 'listen'). Moho is an application which creates professional-grade 2D vector-based cartoon animations and can export them to a number of formats (including video or Flash). Lost Marble's app started its life on BeOS, but now is multi-platform. OSNews has more info and a screenshot ... Houston, we have screw off! (Houston dumps Office) http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1452202 GatesPrettyF****d writes "Although not directly Linux related, it's good news nevertheless. The city of Houston has decided to dump MS Office for a web based Office solution. At first it will only be available to its 13,000 workers, but eventually to as many as 3 million residents! Now if only a few more U.S. governmental units would do likewise . . ." LINUXWORLD - IBM's Mills sees Linux in 'new era' http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1451216 Even now, Steve Mills fields incredulous questions about how his company and other vendors make money working with freely available open-source technologies like Linux, the IBM software head said Thursday. LINUXWORLD - Unilever committing to Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1450254 After years of running a complex tangle of Unix operating systems in its global IT server operations, consumer products company The Unilever Group is committing its technological future to Linux. ISPs: Ruling Bad for Subscribers http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/24/1450226 In response to a court decision this week forcing Verizon to hand over information on a subscriber suspected of downloading files illegally to a music industry trade group, ISPs say customers could lose privacy protections and due process rights. Freshmeat Aorta 0.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110563/ Aorta is a load-balancing clustered P2P application. It executes Tasklets (which have the ability to split themselves into sub tasks that can be executed in pararell). A typical cluster contains of a LAN with 1-256 computers, each one running aorta. A Tasklet can be of any type ranging from encoding MP3s to rendering Web pages for high speed/heavily loaded Web sites. You can make functions calls to C/C++, applications like Matlab, etc. asqredir 0.3 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/110568/ asqredir is a small, fast, and simple redirect plugin for the squid webcache, written in C. It can be used for filtering out advertisements from Web sites or preventing proxy users from getting certain files by redirecting them to another URL. The to-be-matched URL patterns are kept in a file and are read into memory on startup. Because asqredir is based on URL pattern matching, it can be used for many different kinds of blocking. AutoUpdate 4.6.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110547/ AutoUpdate is a Perl script which performs a task similar to Red Hat's up2date or autorpm. It can be used to automatically download and upgrade RPMs from different HTTP(S) or (S)FTP sites, while also handling dependencies. Moreover, it can also be used to keep a server with a customized (Red Hat) distribution plus all clients up to date. Bacula 1.29 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110548/ Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture and is efficient and relatively easy to use, while offering many advanced storage management features that make it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files. BHL 1.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110559/ BHL is an Emacs mode which enables you to convert plain TXT files into HTML, LaTeX, and SGML (Linuxdoc) files. The BHL mode handles common font-styles, three levels of sections, any kind of lists, tables, URLs and horizontal rules. BHL handles a table of contents: you can browse the toc, insert the toc where you want, and update the sections' numbers with one keystroke. BotIrcServer 0.0.91 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110572/ BotIrcServer is a simulated IRC server where each channel is a connection to an Eggdrop bot's partyline (login/logout is done with join/part IRC commands). CamPop 0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110550/ The CamPop system tries to make the life of usb digicam owner easier. It is composed of a deamon that watches the /proc/bus/usb/devices file to detect when the camera is plugged, and a small GUI built upon gphoto2, which is launched when a camera is found - but you can use them seperately. cgdb 0.2.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110526/ cgdb is a lightweight, but fully functional curses frontend to gdb. The goal of cgdb is to be lightweight and responsive, not encumbered with unnecessary features. The interface retains the familiar GDB text-based interface with 100% of the original functionality. The interfaces also provide additional features, such as a source code window, shortcut keys, visual setting of breakpoints, regex searching capabilities, and more. CLIP 0.99.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110557/ CLIP is a Clipper/XBase compatible compiler with initial support for FoxPro, Flagship, and CAVO syntax. It supports Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Win32 (via Cygwin). It features support for international languages and character sets, including two-bytes character sets like Chinese and Japanese. It also features OOP, a multiplatform GUI based on GTK/GTKextra, all SIX/Comix features (including hypertext indexing), SQL, a C-API for third-party developers, a few wrappers for popular libraries (such as BZIP, GZIP, GD, Crypto, and Fcgi), multitasking, mouse events, and more. dbaliasd 0.1.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110585/ dbaliasd is a simple proxy daemon for MySQL which rewrites predefined aliases of database names with their real values. It allows you to create different names for the same MySQL database. It does not require any special privileges to run. dbf 0.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110535/ dbf is an easy-to-use command line tool to show and convert the content of dBASE III, IV, and 5.0 files. It reads dBASE databases and prints the content to the screen or converts it to comma-separated (*.csv) files which can be opened in Excel, StarOffice, and most other spread sheets. It can also be used to show some statistics about the content. Double Choco Latte 0.9 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110443/ Double Choco Latte is a system for tracking bugs, changes, enhancements, requests for software. The system is suited for multiple products and multiple accounts (clients). It is also known to handle call center activity, although this will evolve into a separate module. DRT 0.2.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110523/ DRT is a design recovery tool for interactive graphical applications running under the X Window System. The tool automatically captures actions performed while using such an application. Functions particularly relevant to each action are highlighted. Moreover, the action itself is described visually from fragments of the application display. One can search and browse these actions to learn about the design of an application. Easy Firewall Generator 1.10 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110570/ Easy Firewall Generator is a PHP Web application that generates an iptables firewall script. The generated script is designed for a single system connected to the Internet or a system acting as a gateway/firewall for a small private network. The generator prompts recursively for a variety of options. When the selected options form a complete set, it generates and returns a commented firewall script based on those options. The generator includes documentation on iptables and each option. ego file manager 0.7.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110565/ The ego file manager is a GTK+2 file manager that uses libferris for its VFS and provides evas2 and GTK tree views. ELinks 0.4.1 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/110543/ ELinks is an enhanced version of Links, a Lynx-like text Web browser with support for tables, frames, background downloads, etc. It has a menu-fashioned user interface and is smaller and more lightweight than Lynx. ELinks adds many valuable features, like HTTP auth, proxy auth, reasonable cookies support, Lua scripting, etc. Gorm 0.2.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110578/ Gorm is a clone of the NeXTstep `Interface Builder' application for GNUstep. Major features include drag-and-drop creation of GUI elements from palettes, run-time loading of additional palettes, direct on-screen manipulation of GUI elements, manipulation and examination of objects via inspectors, drag-and-drop creation of connections between objects, and saving data in a format loadable by GNUstep applications. GQview 1.2.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110531/ GQview is an image viewer for X windows. Features include single click file viewing, external editor support, thumbnail previews, thumbnail caching, and adjustable zoom. GQView has the ability to compare files and list similar or duplicate images based on content. Full screen view and slideshows allow for basic presentation of images. The program offers simple image file management with the ability to copy, move, rename, and delete files. Image collections, similar to a song playlist, are also supported. GtkAtlantic 0.2.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110584/ GtkAtlantic is a client for playing Monopoly-like board games on monopd servers. GUJ Chat 0.9.1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110468/ GujChat is a chat server management system which can manage different chat servers, each one serving different rooms. A single GujChat installation is capable of serving diverse Webmasters with different templates, rooms and configurations. GujChat is completely multi-lingual and can be installed under any Servlet API 2.2 (or newer) compliant servlet container. HTTP Navigator 2.0 alpha http://freshmeat.net/releases/110577/ HTTP Navigator is a PHP class that simplifies content grabbing from Web sites, while keeping track of previous sites, auth details, and cookies set along the way (in ways similar to a browser). Instant Messaging Database Admin (ODBC) 0.01 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110530/ Instant Messaging Database Admin (ODBC) runs on the SDBA Revolution IM App Server and allows you to view DB metadata and run SQL statements via IM (AIM) for any database with an ODBC connection. It saves multiple connections. Jay's Iptables Firewall 0.9b-1 (Development) http://freshmeat.net/releases/110558/ Jay's Iptables Firewall is a script with support for multiple (external/internal) interfaces, TCP/UDP/ICMP control, masquerading, synflood control, spoofing control, port forwarding, upload limits (experimental), VPNs, ToS, denying hosts, ZorbIPTraffic, Spyware list IP, log options and more. It doesn't flush all your existing iptables rules. JDistro 0.24 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110538/ JDistro is a project to build a Java distribution. The main subprojects are an application launcher, a desktop with a document management, and access to remote applications. jGal D1 [2003-01-24] http://freshmeat.net/releases/110560/ jGal is a Perl script that generates static XHTML image galleries, along with thumbnails and slides, from image files. It's derived from iGal. KBabel 1.2beta1 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110541/ KBabel is a set of tools for editing and managing PO files created by gettext. Its main component is a powerful and comfortable PO file editor which features full navigation capabilities, full editing functionality, the ability to search for translations in different dictionaries, spell and syntax checking, showing diffs, and much more. It also includes a "Catalog Manager", which is a file manager view that provides an overview of PO files. Last but not least, it includes a standalone dictionary application which provides the additional capability of accessing KBabel's powerful dictionaries. libferris 0.9.93 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110564/ libferris is a virtual filesystem that exposes hierarchical data of all kinds through a common C++ interface. Access to data is performed using C++ IOStreams and Extended Attributes (EA) can be attached to each datum to present metadata. Ferris uses a plugin API to read various data sources and expose them as contexts and to generate interesting EA. Current implementations include Native (kernel disk IO with event updates using fam), xml (mount an xml file as a filesystem), edb (mount a berkeley database), ffilter (mount an LDAP filter string) and mbox (mount your mailbox). EA generators include image, audio, and animation decoders. LinuxMagic magic-smtpd 0.6.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110579/ MAGIC-SMTPD is a drop-in replacement for Dan Bernstein's qmail-smtpd, and was originally designed to be part of the LinuxMagic Magic Mail Server. This opensource version has been released to allow others to benefit from its anti-spam components, and valid user checking to reduce server loads and spam volumes. It is designed to support stock qmail installations, qmail/vpopmail installations, and database connectivity. Designed for ISP service, this will work for all mail servers large and small. LJKit 0.9.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110534/ LJKit is a framework of Objective-C classes that provide a wrapper to the LiveJournal client protocol. It is based on Apple's Cocoa framework (and could possibly be ported to GNUstep). MilliKeys 0.9.6 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110537/ MilliKeys implements a virtual keyboard on the silk-screen area of a PalmOS device. It supports multiple key layouts that are editable on the handheld itself, previewing on the screen, and macros to start programs or input keys. A 10x4 QWERTY layout is built in. MIME Email message class 2003.01.24 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110514/ The MIME Email message class composes and sends email messages. It features user- definable headers and body parts, MIME encoding of text and HTML body parts with user-defined character encoding using quote-printable, support for attachments with automatic content type detection, support for multipart/alternative and multipart/related messages (for HTML messages with embedded images), encoding of message headers with user-defined character encoding using q-encoding, definition of the error delivery address setting the Return-Path header, and several sub-classes for sending messages by different methods: PHP mail() function, sendmail, qmail, SMTP. It also includes support for sending personalized bulk mail by replacing the message parts that differ for each recipient. mod_security 1.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110551/ Mod_security is an Apache module whose purpose is to protect vulnerable applications and reject human or automated attacks. In addition to filtering requests, it also can create Web application audit logs. Requests are filtered using regular expressions. Mod_security can analyse POST payloads, unlike other similar projects. MyProxy 20030124 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110553/ MyProxy is a privacy-enhancing personal HTTP 1.1 proxy. Arbitrary URLs can be blocked by regular expression patterns and optionally replaced by transparent GIFs. Cookies can be controlled based on server/domain name. The "Referer", "User-Agent", and "From" HTTP headers can be dealt with in various ways. All user settings are configured through an HTML user interface. openMosixApplet 0.0.10-pre2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110561/ The openMosixApplet allows users to see the real-time status of an openMosix cluster. It consists of a daemon which the applet connects to in order to grab the necessary info, and uses the Chart2D library. Perl Oak Component Tree 1.4-2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110385/ The Perl Oak Component Tree is a set of objects designed to provide the maximum reusability to software development. Oak can be used in any development platform, but just the Web platform is implemented. In Oak, you define an XML file to each page and you will implement just the events. PostgreSQL Hierarchical Queries 0.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110546/ This is a patch to PostgreSQL which allows it to perform hierarchical queries in Oracle's style. SANTK 4.0 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110583/ SANTK (Storage Area Network Configuration Toolkit) is a toolkit written in Java 1.3 to better facilitate SAN design and development. The major areas of difficulty in SAN design lie in the architecture of the SANs themselves. Scalability, network complexity, and netlist management become cumbersome as the number of nodes in the network increases. In order to address these problems, it is necessary to be able to dynamically design and record the topology of a network. The purpose of the SANTK is to assist in resolving these issues. slaf 0.15 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110539/ Slaf is a new "LookAndFeel" for Java/Swing, which aims to be faster, consume less memory, be easily configurable, and be completely parameterized. It can be used by the end user and/or integrated by the developer. It provides many themes, including Gnome, KDE, Pilot, Aqua, BeOS, Redmond, Aluminium, and Alien. SmoothWall 2.0 beta 4 (Beta) http://freshmeat.net/releases/110544/ SmoothWall is a popular Internet Security software package (based on Linux) offering automated modem/advanced ISDN autoprobing, ethernet ADSL/cable, USB ADSL (Alcatel Speed Touch Home only), and multiple ethernet card support within 5 minutes of install. Web managed and with full facilities normally only seen in expensive commercial offerings, it also offers full SSH, DHCP, and full firewall logging and auditing functionality. Available in English, French, German, and Dutch languages at this time. STADRIN 1.1.5 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110536/ STADRIN adds strong authentication to system services that support PAM. It allows Linux applications to use strong one -time passwords (OTP) instead of weak static passwords. One-time passwords are generated by the VASCO authentication calculator and are protected by a user defined PIN. Sylpheed 0.8.9claws (Claws) http://freshmeat.net/releases/110554/ Sylpheed is a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast email client. Almost all commands are accessible with the keyboard. It also has many features such as multiple accounts, POP3/APOP support, thread display, and multipart MIME. One of Sylpheed's future goals is to be fully internationalized. The messages are managed in the MH format, so you'll be able to use it together with another mailer that uses the MH format. Umbrello UML Modeller 1.1.1 (Stable) http://freshmeat.net/releases/110555/ Umbrello UML Modeller is a Unified Modelling Language diagram tool for KDE. It is able to produce Class diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Collaboration diagrams, Use Case diagrams, Activity diagrams, and State diagrams. It uses an XMI-based file format. unixODBC 2.2.4 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110549/ The unixODBC project provides UNIX applications with the same ODBC 3.51 API and facilities available under Windows. It provides a Driver Manager that supports the full ODBC API and performs the ODBC 3 to ODBC 2 translations with UNICODE to ANSI conversion. It also includes a set of graphical utilities that allow users to specify connections to DBMSes to be used by applications, a collection of ODBC drivers including a simple text based driver, an NNTP driver, a Postgres driver and others, and a selection of templates and libraries that to aid in the construction of ODBC drivers. It works with MySQL, Postgres, StarOffice, Applixware, iHTML, PHP, Perl DBD::ODBC, Paradox 9, and many other applications and drivers. Connection pooling is also provided to increase performance with applications such as PHP. Vega Strike 0.3.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110552/ Vega Strike is a Linux action space simulator designed to bring 3d space combat to a whole new level of graphics, gameplay, and customizability. WebGUI 5.0.3 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110529/ WebGUI is a content management framework built to allow average business users to build and maintain complex Web sites. It is modular, pluggable, and platform independent. It was designed to allow the people who create the content to manage it online, rather than content management taking up the time of busy IT Staff. Whether you are building a consumer site, an intranet, or an extranet, WebGUI has something to offer. X Net Strength 0.4.2 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110582/ X Net Strength is a small utility for monitoring the wireless signal strength of 802.11b cards under Linux. It is written in C and only requires xlib. XM 0.7 http://freshmeat.net/releases/110567/ XM (XSLT Make) is a simple and affordable Web- publishing content-management solution that takes advantage of XML and XSL. It is developped as part IBM developerWorks' column "Working XML." 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