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Slashdot
JetBlue Gives Away Passenger Info To TSA?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/0142221
[0]Old Ben Franklin writes "In September of 2002, JetBlue Airways
[1]secretly gave the Transportation Security Administration the full
travel records of 5 million JetBlue customers. This sensitive travel
data was then turned-over to a private security contractor for
analysis, the results of which were presented at a security conference
earlier this year and the analysis then posted on the Internet." This
comes after Wired News's [2]recent article on this matter, explaining
that "...the proposed government system to prevent terrorism by
color-coding airline passengers according to their risk level will be
tested using old passenger itineraries from JetBlue", but quoting a TSA
spokesman as saying that "currently only fake passenger data was being
used."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.dontspyon.us/jetbluescandal.html
2. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,60456,00.html
Half-Life 2 - A Linux User's Lament
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/0057216
[0]jvm writes "If you're a gamer with a pulse, you've probably heard
about the impending release of [1]Valve's [2]Half-Life 2. As a gamer
and a Linux user, I always get a little stirred up about the whole
Half-Life situation, where we have a dedicated server but no client. So
here's my [3]reflection on the sad situation, past and present. How
will the rest of the Linux gaming community react to the release of
Half-Life 2? Boot into Windows? Wait for [4]WINE or [5]WineX support?
Get the Xbox version? With so many Half-Life servers running on Linux,
will the same be true for Half-Life 2?"
Links
0. http://curmudgeongamer.com/
1. http://www.valvesoftware.com/
2. http://www.vugames.com/product.do?gamePlatformId=470
3. http://linuxgames.com/?dataloc=articles/hl2lament/
4. http://winehq.com/
5. http://transgaming.com/
When Does Website Monitoring Go Too Far?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/18/015203
[0]jafiwam asks: "Recently, the IT department of the company I work for
and a 3rd party monitoring and security firm got into a pissing match
about how much monitoring is too much. They either got a hold of a
customer list from a former employee or walked our IP space to find our
web hosting customers. They then proceeded to sell them monitoring
services for things such as server up-time, defacement detection, email
up-time and DNS testing. While I welcome anything that lets our
customers use the internet effectively, their set of monitoring servers
filled an entire 18 gig partition full of web server logs (causing the
server to crash on a weekend) and choked an email server with 40k some
messages that could not be delivered, and they failed to properly brief
the hosting customers about what would happen to their log analysis
software when faced with 99% traffic from a small set of IPs. These
things caused down-time, lost productivity and a damaged reputation.
What is appropriate for monitoring a web site and email server? Who
should be allowed to monitor? Where should the give and take lie in
this situation? I am interested in finding out what admin-on-the-street
has to say about this."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yahoo Shutting Out Third-Party IM Clients?
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/2358240
[0]prostoalex writes "Following the lead of [1]America Online's
previous attempts and [2]MSN's actions, Yahoo [3]is planning an update
that may cut out third-party providers like [4]Trillian or [5]Gaim. If
you're a current Trillian user with a valid Yahoo ID, you probably
noticed the new welcome message: 'Yahoo! is upgrading to its newest
version of Yahoo! Messenger on September 24, 2003. The upgrade is part
of an ongoing process to continually enhance the overall quality of the
Yahoo! Messenger service for our millions of users'." Update: 09/18
01:17 GMT by [6]S: Trillian has [7]just released a patch that updates
the IM software "...to the newest Yahoo! and MSN protocols, to remove
the recent upgrade messages."
Links
0. http://www.itfacts.biz/
1. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/31/1547244&tid=120
2. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/31/0059234&tid=109
3. http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5078361.html
4. http://trillian.cc/
5. http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
6. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
7. http://www.trillian.cc/downloads/
Slashback: Blaster, Sabers, Canada
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1542246
Slashback tonight brings you more on the recent cracking of GSM
encryption,the odds of file sharers escaping industry scrutiny in
Canada, the recently found (and stomped) OpenSSH bug, installation-time
ads in Mandrake, and more. Read on below for the details.
Astronomers Upset About Asteroid Panic
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/2225221
DrMorpheus writes "According to the New Scientist, astronomers are
[0]horrified by press scares over asteroids - including the recent
furore over QQ47 - which briefly had a one-in-a-million chance of
crashing into our planet in 2014. So much so that they are toning down
the scale they use to rate the threat posed by asteroids in an attempt
to discourage journalists from [1]covering potential collisions. Some
even want the way asteroids are assessed to be completely overhauled."
Links
0. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994178
1.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13363261_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-ASTEROID-COULD-BLAST-US-BACK-TO-DARK-AGES-name_page.html
Intel Demos New P4 'Extreme Edition'
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1826213
[0]typobox43 writes "Louis Burns of Intel displayed a "high-definition
video stream [1]running on a 'mystery' desktop processor." This
processor turned out to be the new Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.20
GHz, with an extra 2 Megabytes of cache."
Links
0. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
1. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11576
Verisign Typosquatter Explorer
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1823217
jelyon quotes[0] Seth Finkelstein's website "I have written a program "
Verisign Typosquatter Explorer" in order to examine [the Verisign]
suggestions [for mistyped domains]. Future data may be analyzed as
interest permits. Note tests with some domains seem to return results
which are not constant, i.e. differences when the program is run
repeatedly. This is not a program bug. Reloading the Verisign page also
changes which squat-suggested domains are displayed. I don't believe
it's an advertising rotation, but the behavior is similar to that
practice."
Links
0. http://sethf.com/domains/verisquat/
Taking a Closer Look at the P2P Subpoenas
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1545238
An anonymous reader writes "Cnet is reporting a federal appeals court
on Tuesday [0]scrutinized the details of a 1998 copyright law,
wondering whether it permits the wide-scale unmasking of alleged
peer-to-peer pirates by the music industry." The issue, of course, is
the constitutionality of the DMCA subpoena process which is among the
more evil components of the often-criticized law.
Links
0. http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5077240.html
British Court Issues Bizarre Copyright Ruling
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1548221
[0]dipfan writes "In a re-run of the Lotus v Borland case that went to
the US Supreme Court, the High Court in London has allowed a
[1]copyright infringement battle between two rival airline booking
programs to go to trial, despite agreement by all sides that the two
programs are written in different code. The airline [2] Easyjet is
being sued by software house [3]Navitaire, creators of an online
booking system called Openres, over Easyjet's booking system named
eRes, developed by [4]Bulletproof Technologies of California. Openres
was written in Cobol, while eRes was written in Visual Basic, and the
programs are also different in structure. But, according to the FT
article: 'Parallels had been drawn between appropriating the
"functional structure" of a computer system and commandeering the plot
of a book, the judge noted.' If Navitaire wins, then any program that
works like another program - even if written in different code - could
be vulnerable. What happened to the principle that you can't copyright
an idea? [5]Bulletproof is counter-suing Navitaire in the district of
Utah."
Links
0. http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org
1.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059479889055
2. http://www.easyjet.com/
3. http://www.navitaire.com/html/aboutus.htm
4. http://www.bproof.com/
5. http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/05/06/HNaccenturesued_1.html
Newsforge Reports
Free software support? Works for me
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/10/1653229
- by Lee Schlesinger - What do you do when you have a problem with
proprietary software? Go to the vendor. What do you do when you have a
problem with free or open source software? Take it to the streets. And
-- surprise! -- the word on the street is just as good as the word from
on high.
Brunswick's Business Integration Engine thrives as Open Source project
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/08/162259
- by Daniel P. Dern - You know that the Open Source approach is gaining
acceptance when even companies not primarily in the software industry
are beginning to get into the act. WDI, a division of Brunswick New
Technologies, has released its Business Integration Engine (BIE) as an
Open Source project.
First look at Sun's new desktop
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/056248
- by Chris Gulker - SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems' new
Gnome-derived Java Desktop System is one part of a strategy that CEO
Scott McNealy says will reduce the costs -- and head count -- of the IT
industry by an order of magnitude over the next five years. I put a
beta version of Sun's desktop, previously code-named Mad Hatter,
through its paces, running on Sun's servers. I have plans to run it on
x86 machines in an attempt to see if this ...
Newsforge Newsvac
Modern Cryptography
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1954237
With the Internet and the concerns it raises about privacy and
security, the need for a book on cryptography from an expert source has
never been greater. This book is a rich informative source and an
introduction to a wide range of background knowledge for practitioners.
In depth, it provides good reference material and a collection of ideas
for the academic and industrial researchers.
IBM posts fix for DB2 Linux security flaw
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1952231
A security flaw in Linux editions of IBM's DB2 database could allow
unauthorized users to seize control of a database's contents, Big Blue
revealed.
New Intel chip moves away from focus on speed
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/2040254
Intel Corp. is working on a new chip technology that allows personal
computers to continue with one task, such as streaming video, while
powering down and rebooting, the chipmaker's Chief Operating Officer
Paul Otellini said Tuesday.
New buffer overflow threatens OpenSSH systems
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1922211
Michael S. Mimoso writes "A buffer overflow vulnerability has been
discovered in OpenSSH that could lead to system crashes. Experts said
exploits are being traded in the wild, but as of now, code execution is
not possible by exploiting this flaw."
GNOME Beta Shows New Desktop Strength
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/196201
The GNOME Project's GNOME 2.4 exhibits continued improvement over
previous versions, with particular gains in its Nautilus file manager
and accessibility. GNOME 2.4 can form the foundation of an effective,
usable mainstream corporate desktop. As open-source software, GNOME 2.4
is freely available, but most will acquire it through their Linux
distributor.
Intel offers glimpse of future XScale technologies
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1830217
Intel today disclosed key technical details of next-generation Intel
XScale processors for cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices.
The upcoming processors, code named "Bulverde," will add several new
features that will help enable wireless devices to capture higher
quality pictures, extend battery life, and deliver fast multimedia
performance. Bulverde is a key component of the Intel Personal Internet
Client Architecture (Intel PCA), the ...
LG ships AMD-powered Linux desktop
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/185213
LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd is now distributing an AMD-powered Linux
desktop targeting the SoHo and corporate markets.
Tilting at Windmills: A response to Rob Enderle
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1859202
A thoughtful piece which includes a rather surprising tidbit about the
ownership of controlling interest of the Gartner Group.
SCO - Action against RedHat, just not yet
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1742228
Anonymous Reader writes "SCO have filed a motion to dismiss the Red Hat
law suit saying there is no controversy, SCO never threatened to sue
Red Hat, and SCO's comments against Linux are protected by the first
amendment. SCO expanded their comments in the press today. Apparently
they think Red Hat's Linux does infringe, Red Hat's users must pay
license fees (but not Red Hat themselves), and that SCO might take
action against Red Hat in future - ...
Nine German cities poised to adopt Linux
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/09/17/1642244
Nine German cities in the state of Rheinland Pfalz are in advanced
talks to replace many, if not all, of their Microsoft Corp. software
products with open-source alternatives, particularly the Linux
operating system.
Freshmeat
aedGUI 0.1.7
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136284/
aedGUI is a cross-platform C++ GUI library that works with SDL.
Alambic 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136264/
Alambic is an enterprise class solution for creating and distributing
PDF documents in the home or corporate environment. Implemented as a
CUPS backend, it is able to generate PDF documents and make them
available by email or HTTP. It can use any PostScript to PDF converter,
though Ghostscript is the converter of choice used during development.
Aqua Fruit 0.1 (Melon)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136277/
Aqua Fruit is a collection of four glassy fruit themes. The backgrounds
are by Weboso (Jairo Boudewyn).
Aqua Fruit 0.1 (Watermelon)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136276/
Aqua Fruit is a collection of four glassy fruit themes. The backgrounds
are by Weboso (Jairo Boudewyn).
Aqua Fruit 0.1 (Grape)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136275/
Aqua Fruit is a collection of four glassy fruit themes. The backgrounds
are by Weboso (Jairo Boudewyn).
Astaro Security Linux 4.014 (Stable 4.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136194/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, spam protection, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates)
and PPTP, Wireless LAN, VLAN, PPPoE, PPPoA, and much more. With its
Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the ability to pull updates
via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage. It is based on a special
hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most daemons are running in
change-roots and are protected by kernel capabilities.
Astaro Security Linux 3.220 (Stable 3.x)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136192/
Astaro Security Linux is a firewall solution. It does stateful packet
inspection filtering, content filtering, user authentication, virus
scanning, spam protection, VPN with IPSec (PKI for X.509 certificates)
and PPTP, Wireless LAN, VLAN, PPPoE, PPPoA, and much more. With its
Web-based management tool, WebAdmin, and the ability to pull updates
via the Internet, it is pretty easy to manage. It is based on a special
hardened Linux 2.4 distribution where most daemons are running in
change-roots and are protected by kernel capabilities.
aStats 1.0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136221/
aStats is an aMule statistics and graphic signature generator. It is
the successor of the well-known xStats,
ayttm 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136251/
Ayttm is an instant messenger program, supporting various protocols
such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, and more. It is a fork of Everybuddy,
and initially aims to address its problems. It should not segfault when
you use it, and should be almost instantly usable by your mother.
Almost useless prefs should be hidden, reserved for
"advanced" users, and things have to work without wondering
what this or that will produce.
BashBurn 1.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136186/
BashBurn (Previously Magma) is a bash script designed to make CD
burning at the console easier. It supports burning normal data CDs,
audio CDs, blanking CD-RWs, multisession, and more.
Battosai.pm 1.0.4e
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136210/
Battosai.pm allows you to simply open, write, rewrite, and read
configuration files with your Perl scripts.
Bugs Dynamic Cryptography 4.1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136269/
Bugs Dynamic Cryptography is a private key cryptography algorithm. The
package includes a C Library and many sample applications, including
ones for file encryption, secure chatting, and login applications. The
algorithm handles stream and block encryption, unlimited Keylength, and
a strong key generator. Documentation and a developer HOWTO are
included.
Bugxter 2.0.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136190/
Bugxter is a NetKernel-based bug/issue tracking application. Inspired
by Bugzilla, it features user privacy control, new-user email
registration confirmation, customizable look and feel, and easy
installation.
CacheMate 2.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136279/
CacheMate is a database for tracking GPS cache hunts. You can store
information about caches or benchmarks, decode hints, and transfer data
between CacheMate and the MemoPad application. Registered users can
also import EasyGPS LOC and GPX files, available from Geocaching.com.
cdrtools 2.01a19 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136200/
cdrtools (formerly cdrecord) creates home-burned CDs with a CDR/CDRW
recorder. It works as a burn engine for several applications. It
supports CD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc- and
ATAPI/mmc-compliant drives should also work. Supported features include
IDE/ATAPI, parallel port, and SCSI drives, audio CDs, data CDs, and
mixed CDs, full multi-session support, CDRWs (rewritable), TAO, DAO,
RAW, and human-readable error messages. cdrtools includes remote SCSI
support and can access local or remote CD writers.
cdwrite 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136272/
cdwrite is a shell for creation of data and audio disks, including
compilations. It allows the use of pregaps and recognizes indices. It
needs mkisofs and cdrecord for data and cdparanoia, cdda2wav, and
cdrdao for audio.
Cool Linux CD 2.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136181/
Cool Linux CD is a bootable CD that contains a a live Linux
distribution based on RedHat 7.3. It also includes the XFS filesystem,
devfs, IceWM, QVWM, ROX-filer, OpenOffice.org, Opera, Mozilla,
Sylpheed, Pan, Licq, X-chat, GFTP, ppp-redialer, xmms, xine, mplayer,
gqview, LinNeighborhood, IPTraffic, VMWare, and more.
cpptools 0.1.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136258/
Cpptools is a set of C/C++ development tools. This package contains a
C++ scanning class coded both in C++ and Python. CppFSMDoc.py is the
Finite State Machine diagrammer which uses @FSM comment tags inside
sourcefiles. CppClassHierarchy.py parses C/C++ sourcefiles and
generates a graphical dependency tree using Graphviz, and
CppColorize.py scans sourcefiles and generates a highlighted HTML
version.
DBConnect API 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136183/
DBConnect API is an easy to use C++ object API to allow applications to
connect to DBMSs. The API currently implements msql, MySQL, Oracle8,
ODBC, and PostgreSQL drivers in the Unix environments and MySQL,
Oracle8, and ODBC in the Windows environment.
desproxy 0.1.0-pre2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136273/
Desproxy is tunneling proxy (using the CONNECT method, as used by
HTTPS) with helper programs to use this proxy. These include a DNS
server and a SOCKS4/SOCKS5 proxy, running with or without inetd for
simple port forwarding with inetd. This allows you to use TCP
applications (IRC, telnet, fetchmail, SSH, etc.) through your firewall
proxy. Features include proxy authentification and multiplatform
support.
dia2sql-stl 1.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136234/
dia2sql-stl is yet another dia2sql converter. It uses libxml2 and the
STL to quickly parse UML objects from a Dia diagram and then generates
corresponding SQL code to create the tables specified in the UML
diagram. It takes a filename and outputs to stdout.
DICOM ImageIO SPI 0.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136259/
DICOM ImagIO SPI provides read-only Java support for DICOM images using
the ImageIO framework extension found in Sun Java 1.4 or greater.
Divmod Quotient 0.5.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136261/
Quotient is multi-protocol (SMTP, POP, IMAP, SIP, HTTP, Q2Q) server
that helps with all your online conversations, be they over email, IRC,
IM, mailing lists, or voice over IP. It is written in Python on the
Twisted framework, and uses Lupy for search and SpamBayes for spam
classification.
DOLFIN 0.3.11
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136217/
DOLFIN is used as a platform for research in adaptive finite element
methods for PDEs at Chalmers Finite Element Center and at the
Department of Computational Mathematics at Chalmers University of
Technology, Sweden.
elmo 0.8.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136187/
Elmo is a feature-rich console mail client for power users. It
integrates functionality commonly realised by separate pieces of
software in other mailers and competes with Mutt.
Enhydra XMLC 2.2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136226/
Enhydra XMLC radically simplifies Web development by cleanly separating
presentation from code. Enhydra XMLC parses an HTML file and creates a
Java object that enables an application to change the HTML file's
content at runtime, without regard for its formatting.
eZ publish 3.2 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136212/
eZ publish is an open source content management system and development
framework. As a content management system (CMS) it's most notable
feature is its revolutionary, fully customizable, and extendable
content model. This is also what makes it suitable as a platform for
general Web development. Its stand-alone libraries can be used for
cross-platform, database independent PHP projects. eZ publish is also
well suited for news publishing, e-commerce (B2B and B2C), portals, and
corporate Web sites, intranets, and extranets. eZ publish is dual
licenced between GPL and the eZ publish professional licence.
FetchmailMon 0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136262/
FetchmailMon is a set of tools that allows the user to monitor
fetchmail processes.
fli4l 2.1.4 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136253/
fli4l is a single-floppy Linux-based ISDN/DSL/ethernet-router. It
features configuration with some simple ASCII-files, several possible
connection-flavors (in/out/callback, and raw IP/PPP), channel bundling
(an extra channel can be added through a Windows/Unix-client),
configuration of multiple networks, least-cost routing, automatic
choice of provider, display/calculation of connection times and costs,
and a Windows/Unix client to control dial/hangup, monitor traffic and
monitor incoming calls on ISDN (see screenshot).
FOX 1.1.36 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136283/
FOX is a C++-based toolkit for GUI development. It includes a rich set
of widgets and has powerful yet simple layout managers, MDI widgets,
and mega-widgets. FOX incorporates support for XDND for drag and drop,
X clipboard and X Selection, watching other I/O channels and sockets,
timers and idle processing, object serialization and deserialization, a
registry to save persistent settings, and 3D widgets using Mesa or
OpenGL. FOX works on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, Tru64 Unix,
Windows 9x,NT,2K (VC++, GNUWIN32, Borland, VisualAge C++), FreeBSD, and
Sequent.
Free Java 1.01_T2003.08.28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136231/
Free Java is a development environment designed to help beginners write
Java programs. Its editor includes syntax highlighting and an undo/redo
function. It features a structure panel and a file browser. Compiling
and running a program can be done with the push of a single button, and
compiler errors are shown clearly. There is also a virtual console to
show a program's console output. Free Java is based on J2SDK 1.3.
FreeB .06
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136232/
FreeB is a medical billing engine. It is a collection of formats, as
well as an engine capable of connecting with any Practice Management
System that implements the FreeB API (XML-RPC). It supports
HIPAA-compliant X12 837p electronic billing and HCFA paper formats.
Gammu 0.84
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136254/
Gammu (formerly known as MyGnokii2) is cellular manager for various
mobile phones and modems. It currently supports Nokia 3210, 33xx, 3410,
35xx, 51xx, 5210, 5510, 61xx, 62xx, 63xx, 6510, 6610, 6800, 71xx, 7210,
82xx, 83xx, 8910, 9110, and 9210, and AT devices (such as Siemens,
Alcatel, Falcom, WaveCom, IPAQ, and other). It has a command line
version with many functions for ringtones, phonebook, SMS, logos, WAP,
date/time, alarm, calls, etc. It can also make full backups and restore
them. It works on various Unix systems (like Linux) and Win32.
Gander 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136268/
Gander is a small, secure Python application server. It can be run for
single users on a hashed port or for multi-user applications,
restricted to local clients or used on the Web, run as a daemon process
or from a single-use wrapper. It comes with application templates,
three example applications, and a module that provides common HTML
elements, file utilities, and helper methods.
Gemhun 20030915
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136243/
Gemhun is a game in which the player groups together gems or stones of
a chosen amount which will then disappear. It features many different
game modes, and supports themes and network play. It is inspired by
Frozen Bubble, Tetris, and some other games.
Glossword 1.6.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136271/
Glossword is a dictionary management system. It features multiple
language support, themes, a powerful administration interface, and
built-in search and cache engines.
Glub Tech Secure FTP 2.0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136247/
Glub Tech Secure FTP is a command-line utility that allows FTP
connections to be made using SSL.
Goanseech 0.5
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136229/
Goanseech is a spinoff of the leverlada IRC leech script. One of its
core parts was extracted and remade into a standalone server. This
server holds information about the basic pattern that specifies the
base name of a TV series, which episodes were already fetched, and the
maximum number of episodes. There are several clients, including a
script that parses Web pages for Bittorrent links, matches them against
the information on the series server, and controls a user-defined
number of Bittorrent clients for retrieval. There is also a directory
watcher which scans a given set of directories and updates the series
server with newly found files.
Hany's Char Convertor 0.5.6 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136223/
HCC is character filter which replaces certain characters by other
characters one by one, according to a translation table. It is useful
for converting plain texts from one character set to another. Currently
available filters include win1250 to ISO-8859-2, win1250 to ASCII
(ISO-8859-1), ISO-8859-2 to win1250, and ISO-8859-2 to ASCII
(ISO-8859-1).
I-Man 0.8
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136257/
I-Man is a simple Web application that can handle contacts, notes, code
snippets, etc. (just about every kind of text data). You can create
multiple categories of data, and it also has a category editor. It is
written in PHP and uses InterBase/Firebird, MySQL, or SQLite. Multiple
languages are supported.
J2ME VNC Alpha 2.9.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136274/
J2ME VNC is a VNC client for J2ME devices, such as new mobile phones
and the PalmOS (with J2ME runtime).
Java Vision Toolkit 2.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136202/
The Java Vision Toolkit is an advanced imaging GUI/ library for machine
vision and image processing applications. It provides a framework for
machine vision and image processing algorithms for 2D and 3D images.
jCIFS 0.7.13
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136281/
jCIFS is an SMB client library written entirely in Java. It closely
follows the CIFS specification supporting Unicode, named pipes,
batching, multiplexing IO of threaded callers, encrypted
authentication, full transactions, domain/workgroup/host/share/file
enumeration, NetBIOS sockets and name services, the smb:// URL protocol
handler, a java.io.File like API, RAP calls, NTLM HTTP Authentication,
and more.
jLyrics 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136265/
jLyrics is a program for storing song lyrics. It has fields for the
title, author, and the lyrics. It is stored as an XML file.
jvider 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136211/
With jvider (Java Visual Interface Designer) you can easily design
graphical user interfaces for your Java applets and applications. It
features use of GridBagLayout for layout (no absolute positioning),
interactive UI design with drag & resize features, the ability to
test the UI on the fly without compiling, and the ability to save/load
your designs. You can also view and export produced Java source code as
Frame, Dialog, or Applet. It's easy to get started with the tutorial
and samples provided.
Kari 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135980/
Kari is a gimpification of a picture the author took.
kbirthday 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136195/
kbirthday is a Panel applet which reminds you of birthdays and
anniversaries listed in your KDE addressbook.
KDE 3.1.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136245/
KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations.
It combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding
graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix
operating system. KDE is a completely new desktop, incorporating a
large suite of applications for Unix workstations. While KDE includes a
window manager, file manager, panel, control center and many other
components that one would expect to be part of a contemporary desktop
environment, the true strength of this exceptional environment lies in
the interoperability of its components.
konserve 0.8.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136216/
konserve is a small backup application for KDE 3. It lives in the
system tray and is able to create backups of several directories or
files periodically. Konserve uses standard KDE network transparency to
upload your backups to wherever you want. Also it is possible to
restore a incidentally-deleted file or directory from a backup file
with just one mouse click. A nice wizard helps you with the first steps
in using Konserve.
Konstruct 20030916
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136246/
Konstruct is a build system which helps you install KDE releases and
applications on your system. It downloads defined source tarballs,
checks their integrity, decompresses, patches, configures, builds, and
installs them. A complete KDE installation should be as easy as
"cd meta/kde;make install". Optionally, you can install
additional applications like KOffice, KDevelop, or Quanta (for example,
"cd apps/koffice;make install").
libyahoo2 0.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136233/
libyahoo2 is a single-threaded, asynchronous Yahoo! Messenger library
currently used in Everybuddy. It is written in C. Communication is by
means of requests and callbacks.
LinPacker 0.5.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136225/
Linpacker is a tool to optimize the placement of rectangles in a band
of semi-infinite size (2D bin packing problem). It can be useful for
cutting stocks in trucks and factories.
Lore 1.0.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136070/
Lore is a knowledge base management system that allows users to easily
create and maintain a FAQ, documentation system, or complete support
knowledge base. It features unlimited articles, (sub)categories, file
attachments, article comments, ratings, glossary, full- text search,
related articles, WYSIWYG editor, and a completely customizable
template/style system which is based on Smarty. A complete Web-based
control panel is included, and an installation wizard allows for easy
setup.
Maintain 2.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136244/
Maintain is a multi-user, Web-based management tool for managing host
information for building DNS, DHCP, VMPS, and Radius configurations.
mdate 1.4.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136207/
Mdate is a freely-available mayan date utility. It calculates Mayan
Long Counts, Julian Day Numbers, and dates of the Mayan Tzolkin and
Haab calendars.
MP3Roaster 0.1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136188/
MP3Roaster is a tool for burning audio CDs from MP3 and Ogg Vorbis
files. It features an easy-to-use commandline syntax and automatic
volume leveling support for the best audio CD quality.
Nicotine 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136220/
Nicotine is a feature-complete client for the SoulSeek filesharing
network. You can use it to upload, download, search, and chat. You can
keep a "buddy" list and basically everything else a SoulSeek
client is supposed to do. If you are familiar with PySoulSeek, you'll
probably notice a striking resemblance in appearance.
Nomen 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136242/
Nomen is a GUI which creates chemical structures from valid IUPAC
names. It outputs a 2D view and (optionally) a CML file.
NuFW 0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136184/
NuFW is a set of daemons providing filtering of packets at the user
level. On the client side, users have to run a client that sends
authentication packets to the gateway. On the server side, the gateway
associates userids to packets, thus enabling the possibility to filter
packets on a user basis. Furthermore, the server architecture is done
to use external authentication source such as an LDAP server.
nvemFTP 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136255/
nvemFTP is a Qt-based FTP client geared to be compatible with many
protocols, with minimal dependencies.
OMCSNetCPP 1.0a
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136201/
OMCSNetCPP is a C++ API and inference toolkit for accessing OMCSNet, a
semantic network mined out of the Open Mind Common Sense knowledge
base. The goal of this project is to provide a class library that
allows programmers to easily add common sense reasoning capabilities to
C++ applications.
openSkat 1.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136219/
OpenSkat is an cryptographically secure implementation of the german
card game Skat for multiple players over IRC (Internet Relay Chat). The
fairness is based on several zero-knowledge-proofs from Christian
Schindelhauers research paper "A Toolbox for Mental Card
Games". It has a graphical user interface based on xskat 3.4. The
modified sources are included and require an X11 environment.
p0f 2.0.2-beta3 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/135993/
p0f is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting and masquerade detection
utility, to be used for evidence or information gathering on servers,
firewalls, IDSes, and honeypots, for pen-testing, or just for the fun
of it. It is a complete rewrite of p0f version 1 that used to be
maintained by William Stearns.
PDO 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136215/
PDO (Python Database Objects), is a collection of objects for use with
Phase or with the Python programing language. PDO is designed to be
robust and simple at the same time, allowing access to multiple styles
of databases with one set of instructions. This means never having to
worry again about your syntax when changing database platforms on your
next project. PDO provides an object oriented API similar in intent to
ADO and JDBC.
Perico 0/28
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136240/
Perico is a simple image editing program for pixel oriented pictures.
You can rotate, change size, and more.
PHP GEN 0.6
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136270/
PHP GEN reads the list of tables in a database, lets you select one,
then reads the structure of it, suggests a basic (modifiable)
configuration, and generates good-style and easily maintainable PHP
code capable of listing, adding, editing, and deleting records. Both
the generated code and the engine itself use Pear::DB for the
database-abstraction layer and Smarty for the presentation/interface
layer.
PHPCatalog 2.6.8 (Plus)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136227/
PHPCatalog is an easy to use, yet comprehensive online catalog
solution. It can be easily used as an "out of the box"
catalog tool, or as a catalog engine which can be custom-configured
into any format imaginable. HTML templates are used for easy
integration into your site. The pages are optimized to be picked up by
search engines. An unlimited number of categories is supported. It
easily integrates with a shopping cart module for full shopping
capabilities.
PHPCatalog 2.6.9
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136218/
PHPCatalog is an easy to use, yet comprehensive online catalog
solution. It can be easily used as an "out of the box"
catalog tool, or as a catalog engine which can be custom-configured
into any format imaginable. HTML templates are used for easy
integration into your site. The pages are optimized to be picked up by
search engines. An unlimited number of categories is supported. It
easily integrates with a shopping cart module for full shopping
capabilities.
PHPCrawl 0.65
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136198/
PHPCrawl is a class for crawling/spidering Websites. It supports URL-
and Content-Type-filtering, cookie- handling, limiter-options, and
other features to specify the behaviour of the crawler. By overriding a
special method of the class users can decide what should happen to the
pages and their content, files and other information the crawler finds.
phpWebThings 20030917 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136266/
phpWebThings is a set of PHP classes for creating a cool Web site with
user login, news, forum, user messages, downloads, FAQs, and more. It
allows the Webmaster to create his own site with freedom, using only
the features he wants, and allowing new features to be added easily.
Postfix 2.0.16-20030917 (Development)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136263/
Postfix is an attempt to provide an alternative to the widely-used
Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and
hopefully secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible
enough to not upset your users.
PreciousGreen 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136209/
PreciousGreen is a green theme with an original photograph as a
background.
procps 3.1.12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136241/
procps is a package of utilities which includes ps, vmstat, top, w,
skill, snice, pgrep, pkill, free, sysctl, pmap, uptime, and kill. These
utilities report what is running, who is logged in, how long the system
has been running, and what is using up memory. They can be used to kill
processes and change run-time kernel configuration values.
pytai 0.73
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136267/
pytai is a Python function and class library for creating, decoding,
and using TAI timestamps in the formats described (and designed) by Dan
Bernstein.
PyX 0.4.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136238/
PyX is a Python package for the creation of encapsulated PostScript
figures. It provides both an abstraction of PostScript and a TeX/LaTeX
interface. Complex tasks like 2D and 3D plots in publication-ready
quality are built out of these primitives.
Q 4.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136280/
Q is a powerful and extensible functional programming language based on
the term rewriting calculus. When programming with Q, you specify an
arbitrary system of equations which the interpreter uses as rewrite
rules to reduce expressions to normal form. Q is useful for scientific
programming and other advanced applications, and also as a
sophisticated kind of desktop calculator. The distribution includes the
Q programming tools, a standard library, add-on modules for interfacing
to ODBC, GNU Octave, Tcl/Tk and IBM's Data Explorer, and an Emacs mode.
QMail Installation 1.3.6-rc2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136249/
QMail Installation is a small and very practical script that makes it
easy to install qmail and other related tools, such as vpopmail,
qmailadmin, spamassassin, F-prot, and qmailmrtg.
ScsiaddGui 1.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136203/
Scsiaddgui provides a graphical user interface for the Scsiadd utility,
which allows you to add or remove SCSI devices without having to
reboot.
Secure FTP Bean 2.0.9.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136248/
The Secure FTP Bean allows FTP connections to be made over SSL,
including both implicit and explicit SSL connections, and passive and
active data transfers with or without encryption.
Sendmail 8.12.10
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136250/
Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent, which is the program that moves mail
from one machine to another. Sendmail implements a general internetwork
mail routing facility, featuring aliasing and forwarding, automatic
routing to network gateways, and flexible configuration.
Server Status 1.7.1
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136252/
Server Status is a server monitor that simply displays a list of
servers to monitor and displays whether they are alive on the network
or not.
SuaveDNS 0.3
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136282/
SuaveDNS is a set of Perl and PHP programs which allow DNS
administrators to easily add, remove, or update zones with an easy to
use Web-based control panel. The DNS server is DJBDNS, and the data is
stored in a MySQL database.
Sylpheed 0.9.6 (Main)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136197/
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.
TAMS 2.31b12
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136224/
TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) is a qualitative or ethnographic
coding and data extraction-analysis system.
Traffic tool Troll 1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136235/
The Traffic Tool Troll is a traffic monitoring and managing skript.
Traffic statistics are generated by port, hour, day, month, and year.
You can define a special period for your needs. The script is written
in Perl and uses iptables and MySQL to get and store the traffic.
tvmet 1.2.1 (Stable)
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136199/
This Tiny Vector and Matrix template library uses Meta Templates and
Expression Templates (ET) to evaluate results at compile time, thus
making it fast for low-end systems. Temporaries are avoided because of
this. The produced code is similar to hand-coded code, but the quality
of the code still depends on the compiler and its version. The
dimensions for vectors and matrices are static and bounded at compile
time using template arguments.
uClinux 20030909
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136204/
uClinux is a set of patches for Linux that supports MMUless processors.
It brings a full featured operating system onto platforms that would
otherwise run less advanced, simpler operating systems. uClinux gives
the programmer a Linux API with remarkably few concessions to the lack
of MMU (Memory Management Unit), and in terms of code size and
efficiency it has an advantage over standard Linux.
Visual Effects Engine 0.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136222/
Visual Effects Engine is a powerful particle system engine written in
C++. It is useful for games, demos, animations, and art.
Wallpaper Tray 0.3.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136228/
Wallpaper Tray is a wallpaper utility that sits in your GNOME Panel
Notification Area. It gives you a random wallpaper from a list of
directories (at login, on a timed basis, or on demand), and allows you
to select a new wallpaper at random from its menu. A search tool is
also included to manage your wallpaper collection.
XML Security Library 1.1.2
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136230/
XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2. It provides an
implementation for major XML security standards: XML Digital Signature
and XML Encryption.
xTunes 2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136237/
xTunes is a skin for XMMS based on Apple's iTunes.
Yahoo! Messenger 1.0.4
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136196/
Yahoo! Messenger is a free messaging service that allows you to
communicate instantly with friends, family, colleagues, and others.
Find out when your friends are online and send them instant messages.
Messenger alerts you instantly when you have new mail in your Yahoo!
Mail. Yahoo! Messenger imports your contact lists across operating
systems, allows you transfer files, see typing notifications, and much
more.
yawk 1.2.0
http://freshmeat.net/releases/136214/
yawk is a wiki clone written in gawk. It supports the usual text
styles, lists, and tables. Additional and optional features are
formatting with stylesheet classes, file uploads, and a framed user
interface mode. It works on plain text files and does not require a
database.
Thinkgeek
Gadgets: Computer Microscope
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/633f/
Interests: Volatile Hyperlinkage
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62db/
Interests: Soothing Green Light
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62d1/
Interests: News w/ Nerd Slant
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62c9/
Interests: Mainline Geek Culture
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/slashdot/tshirts/62c3/
Electronics: Nikon Coolpix SQ
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/63af/
Computing: 2-Port Integrated KVM Switch
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/62f2/
Gadgets: X-Linx 2-Way Personal Communicator
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/6316/
Computing: Logitech Internet Chat Headset
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/speakers/6326/
Electronics: iRock! Bling CD/MP3 Player
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/mp3/6356/
Cube Goodies: Hot/Cold Mini Fridge
http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/622b/
PC Mods: Velcro Wire Ties
http://www.thinkgeek.com/pcmods/cables/62ec/
Electronics: Mustek DV-3000 Multi-Function Digital Camera
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cameras/62ae/
Books: BOFH 4 - Dummy Mode Is Forever
http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/humor/6280/
Electronics: 2.4Ghz Cordless Headset Phone
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/phones/63a0/
Gadgets: Watch with Built-in Grounding Strap
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/62f7/
Gadgets: Mobile Power Inverter
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630f/
Gadgets: Presentation Remote
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/630b/
Interests: Megatokyo Lanyard
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/megatokyo/coolthings/60e9/
Caffeine: Penguin Energy Gum
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/61f2/
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